The AI for the goblins has been improved; they will now chase you around relentlessly if you get too close. Otherwise they will
just walk around randomly. You can also get a description of each character by left-clicking on them, including player characters!
The NPC feature is very close to being finished, which is exciting! The next version will mostly contain bug fixes and misc. features. After that, I think we will be able to safely check off NPCs in our to-do list for phase 1!
We have an online chatroom where you can usually find myself and other developers, as well as other players: http://irc.ifthensoftware.net
We also have a Facebook page over at http://www.facebook.com/ifthensoftware
I have a Twitter account for development updates, which you can view here: http://twitter.com/ITS_Invisible
We also have an IndieDB page for Areum:

And finally, we have a devlog on TIGSource as well: http://forums.tigsou...p?topic=31227.0