For starters get a wood working bench and go from there, farm wood, get yourself a wooden sword, learn how kite enemies (dodging before they land their hits) and build lots and lost of barricade from the wood working bench. That should keep you alive for the early game. The rest is just exploring and getting more benches and stuff to do.I don't mean to find anything more specific but less specific. That tutorial talks about where to find lots of tings but I'm just talking about a basic what to do when you start the game. I don't even have any followers yet other than the initial girl and we just keep dying every night to raids. Skill issue I know, but although this game seems like something I would enjoy I just suck at games that just drop you in aimless like this.
If you want more followers, you can craft a mace from the wood working bench,or you can press R to rape the female npcs (only male MC can do this) then carry them back to your camp, putthem in a cage, and feed them steak.