Villagers

You start with 3 villagers, named Lena, Doris, and Tom. You can gain other Villagers either through completing quests or by winning them from a random box. Villagers can only appear on paths, and each villager will have a heart over their head for friendly visitors to click, called "leaving hearts." These hearts can later be collected.

Quick tip: To make it easier for your friends to leave you hearts, try not to have too many paths in your town, as villagers only travel on paths. One way is to have four paths at the very bottom tip of the town. Other people prefer to put their paths somewhere in the lower right, so that the hearts appear at a good location for a right handed person to click on them with their thumb.