Well, I think you can be ambitious too..
A simple format to see all the 40 mins of video is to give them by episodes of 5 minutes or so. That can give you more time to work and get better
I'll love to work on this.... but I can't now
By the way, I have seen in Deviantart an Oddworld fan that is gonna make a CGI film too. He has much props about Oddworld, and I think you can work with him..