And the money thing, holy crap. Unless they're expecting everyone to work for free and primarily use their own equipment, there's no way $250k would cover their expenses. Not even close.

They actually estimated $100k if they got people to volunteer their own time, and $250k to buy everything.

They're also apparently toying with the idea of not charging for the game, so apparently they're not intending on having people invest time/money to be paid back later.