I stumbled upon this article, which clearly shows how much money it took to develop Dustforce. This is to answer a question I get asked every now and again - how much money do we need to develop Steel Storm 2 (and when I call the number, lower than $100k, I am told we are utterly unreasonable and greedy).
So, without further speculations, enjoy the read:
http://steamcommunity.com/app/96200/discussions/0/828936718633723894/