No worries! My DD19 and I splurged and bought this for ourselves on Thanksgiving day, and we've had so much fun playing it ever since!! And if your kiddo is used to playing video games at all, they'll pick up on it in a flash, it's very simple to just start playing.
But what's also great about it is it has two parts to it....the 'adventures', and the 'toy box'. The toy box can be anything from very simple (just running around doing whatever....you can get bikes, cars, even BEACH BALLS for your character to play with, lol) to very high-tech (building your own video game!! You seriously can build whatever you can dream up.....race track, platforms, elevators....etc). I have been super impressed with this game, and honestly think it's worth much more than what they sell it for. (Still thrilled I got it for cheap tho, lol).