I've got a couple more questions for you guys if you can be bothered.
1. What happens if you sleep in someone else's bed? I haven't tried it because I'm worried they'll be angry or something.
2. How do I get a hammer, axe, and shovel? I gotta clear out my field!
3. Is it possible to level up tools like you can in Harvest Moon?
1. Comic mischeif. As far as i can tell, there are no repercussions from this.. However there are only a few instances where the beds owner is actually in the room and will comment on you trying to sleep in the bed. I've only experienced it once and although the girl seemed angry, I don't believe any LP was lost.
2. Starter tools are recieved from various villagers so be sure to talk to everyone! There might be an order to getting them from the villagers, but you should be able to acquire all your basic tools* by the end of the first week.
*basic tools; axe, hammer, hoe, sickle, watering can
3. Yes but it works much differently. Simply using your equipment raises your skill level. Hammers and Axes have their on skill levels while your Hoe, Sickle and Watering Can are grouped into the Farming skill category. Raising skill levels means less RP consumption from your tools, but its still different then actually leveling up your tool.
To do that, you'll first have to acquire a forge from a traveling peddler who you'll meet eventually (hint: listen to the villagers! They'll tell you where and when he can be found). You'll also need a recipe book which can be acquired from a certain villager who forges
professionaly. Once you have your forge and recipe book, you can forge new tools or simply level up your existing tools (if you have the right ingredients). Remember that eventually, scrap ironwill become your friend;
a recipe of [Tool] + Scrap iron + Scrap Iron will level up your tool, but theres a bit of a catch here.
Forging, crafting, cooking and working in the lab all have a bit of a mini game that go with them. A gauge appears on screen with a marker that travels left to right, with 3 colored areas. Red = failure, Blue = sucess, Green = perfection. Until your skill in a particular feild rises (in this case, forging) the green areas might not be visible at all. Once your skill level goes up however, the green areas appear and become much easier to hit.
Things get more complicated later on though, when your tool levels are higher than 1. You have to remember that the level of your ingredients effects the outcome of the tool you're trying to craft. Here's an example:
-you have 1 Iron Hammer (lvl 1) and 2 Scrap Irons (lvl 1)
-you forge it sucessfuly or perfectly for a lvl 3 Iron Hammer. Good right?
-you have 1 Iron Hammer (lvl 5) and 1 Scrap Iron (lvl 5) and 1 Scrap Iron (lvl 1)
-you forge it sucessfuly or perfectly for a lvl 4 (or lower).. Iron hammer. Sucks don't it? But wait theres more!
-Take 1 Iron Hammer (lvl 5) and 2 Scrap Irons (lvl 6+)
-Forge it PERFECTLY for a 1 lvl bonus, now you have an Iron Hammer (lvl 7)! SWEET, HUH? YOU BET YOUR ASS IT IS!
It sounds more complicated than it really is, just remember that when you want to level up your tools, or just create higher level items (be it tools, food or medicines), the higher the ingredient levels the better chance of a higher level item. Basically; you can polish a turd but its still a turd... unless you're using level 10 polish
Hope that helps!