Overview
When you start the game, you will be on a train, and a cat will sit across from you and ask you some questions which will determine what you look like, your name,and town name. Then the train will stop and you will get off. As you leave the train station, a Tanuki (often mistaken for a raccoon in America) will talk to you and lead you to a small complex of 4 houses. You will get to choose one and then he will give a series of short jobs to do (It is basically a short tutorial) Once you are done, he will subtract a short total from your loan. Now, you can do basically whatever you want. You can get the money to pay off the loan by selling him stuff you don't need such as unwanted furniture or fish that you caught . Tom Nook's store is small at first, but will expand on buying and selling a certain amount of bells. When he expands, he will send you a letter in the game and posts on the board in front of town hall in .
Making bells
In the game, the currency is called bells. Each bell alone will not be able to buy you anything because of the bell's low value, you will need generally anywhere from 800-5,000 bells for a peice of furniture. However, you will get a large amount of bells for what you sell. You will also need to pay off your loan to Tom Nook with bells so once you have finished working for him, you should get to work and make some bells!