Hi, I'm Mr. Wolf, I solve problems. If I was informed correctly, the clock is ticking. We all want that the game will be finished in less than four years from now, is that correct?
So, I've been collecting information and these are my conclusions:
1. The Dev wants to work alone, he doesn't want to work with others, so, he will not hire nobody. And that's fair, maybe because of his personality, some people doesn't want to deal with others, no employees, no bosses.
2. There are other devs who work alone too, delievering the same quality (or even higher) and don't receiving so much complaints, because they are clearly faster. According to my investigation, this dev is between 25% to 30% under full efficency, compared to the top devs around here. In other words, he is working at 70%-75% of full potential.
3. The dev hasn't a proper render work station, according to his game ambitions. He should build one with several powerful PC's that renders images 24/7. He is earning enough money to do it.
4. Cutting branches, side characters or reducing the lenght of the story aren't options. That would decrease the quality and the essence of the game, which is a slow burning, and it would go against the vision of the dev.
5. He can reduce the number of renders per scene. He does a lot of unnecessary shots, like entering or going out of a place and walking from one place to another. Also he makes a lot of unnecessary open shots, to show us full places that we can identify without that.
If he does what I say, it should be plenty.
That's all, ladies and gentlemen.