From now on active pre Alpha testers can communicate with their colleagues that are currently in game simply by clicking a link: https://lifeisfeudal.com/irc/ or finding a "Join Game Chat" button on their Account -> Characters page.
Development is going at full available force and we are still looking positively towards September 2014 Steam Early Alpha Access for LiF:YO!
P.S. My current wallpaper (100% in game screenshot): http://lifeisfeudal.com/images/pictures/WallScreen.png