It's currently only available in the australian iOS appstore so if you'd like to be early and download it now I suggest making an australian iTunes account if you haven't already.
More countries will get it down the line too ofcourse.
I've played it for quite a while and from my understanding it's a Click & Wait game.
You have to build up relationships with the animals by talking and doing tasks for them.
You can also craft furniture with the supplies you get from quests/missions, you need certain furniture to invite specific new animals to your campsite.
Other than that you'll randomly see other players as you go around who you can send friend requests to, you can also visit their campsite and check out what items they got for sale in their marketbox.
The things you can do more "actively" are fishing, bug catching, doing requests, decorating your campsite and changing up your outfit (clothing crafting hasn't been added yet though so you have to rely on what the market area has for sale)
Beginner tips:
- Be a horder, stacking up items just means you can instantly complete animal requests.
- Try to get new animals to your campsite as fast as you can, speeds up the leveling of your character since you can talk to more animals and do more requests.
- Don't spend the premium currency on useless things.
- Animals will talk again(Give exp) like every hour.
- Make sure to get all the fruit from your trees whenever you get on the game, they have a 3 hour re-grow timer.