Oh, I'm sorry to hear that! Can you tell me when you rang the bell? Was it during the tutorial and before the Elder actually asks you to do so? In that case, it might be a softlock I need to fix.
Yeah, that's probably a softlock. I will disable the bell ringing during the wrong stages of the tutorial in the next patch. Out of curiosity, did the game not allow you to re-ring the bell afterwards? That would have sounded the all-clear and brought the villagers back out.
