Will you raise the limit on number of NPCs?

Yes!

For versions up to the werewaffle release, the limit on number of defined (distinct) NPCs was 36 (0-35). The limit was raised to 100 in the xocolatl release and 500 in zenzizenzic. There is a limit of 300 NPC instances in total. Both limits will be raised even higher sometime in the future.

See Also

• Plan for raising NPC-per-map limits
• Will you ever add more animation frames?
• What are the limits on various things?