Thank you for trying the game and providing some great feedback!
I agree the game could have used an in game tutorial to explain the core loop better. I was running out of time and I had to cut the gameplay down to get to a “playable” state, so you have to trigger the bedroll in your tent using the E key to cause the game over state. Once you have placed your traps around the game’s world, there are certain areas that are considered zones for different types of animals. So if you managed to place your traps in the right zone, when you go to sleep it should trigger the traps and it will report out how many of each animal you managed to collect.