Little bugs turns a deceptively simple path choice into a neat little reading‑the‑clue exercise where attention to tiny details—leaf shape, fur pattern, a shell hint—decides whether a beetle steps through a safe picture or drops into a trapdoor, and “how to play” is to guide beetles as they approach a fork, study the paired images ahead, and use a small hint (vegetable scrap, animal sign, color swatch) to choose the picture that fits the clue so the path stays solid; practical strategies include teaching eyes to scan from big shapes to small motifs (a carrot slice likely means a garden scene, a tuft of fur points to a pet corner), ignoring background noise in the art by squinting to simplify shapes, and narrating the clue aloud to strengthen recall (“vegetable means garden, not ocean”); as stages progress, hints combine—two small clues that require and instead of or—and scenes get richer with decoys that test whether you truly saw a detail or just guessed from theme; gentle checkpoints keep misses low‑friction, and a short review screen after a slip highlights which detail was missed so future runs recognize it faster; accessibility improves comfort with color‑independent markers on clues, adjustable contrast, and text‑to‑speech for early readers; the fun is the slow sharpening of perception: choices feel shaky in the first maps and clear in later ones, and guiding a tiny friend through on wits alone becomes an oddly satisfying ritual, proof that careful looking beats rushing when pictures start telling careful little stories.