When my younger brother was very young (perhaps 5 or 6 years old), he inherited my old Gameboy Color with my copy of Pokemon Crystal, which I had left saved at some random point midway through the game. He, not knowing how to read, never realized that there was such a thing as saves or progress in the game. In his mind, that save point was his "start point", where he would always begin his adventures and the pokemon I had left him with were the only ones he ever used. He loved to run around in the wild battling pokemon and occasionally making very accidental progress away from his "start point".
One time, he managed to stumble his way into using Cut to remove a tree and entered a whole new world of things to explore! After a while he become totally lost, and wanting to return to familiar territory he simply restarted the Game Boy and was right back where he knew. We continue to find much humor in the degree to which children can make any random experience a fun adventure.
My daughter loves to play “that spaceship game” (Among Us) despite not knowing how to read. She had great fun running around and looking at everything. She knows how to join lobbies. It’s probably good she doesn’t know how to read as I’d imagine there are a lot of very angry 12 year olds throwing expletives her way for being “bad” at the game.
One time, he managed to stumble his way into using Cut to remove a tree and entered a whole new world of things to explore! After a while he become totally lost, and wanting to return to familiar territory he simply restarted the Game Boy and was right back where he knew. We continue to find much humor in the degree to which children can make any random experience a fun adventure.