Ah, that's not the open world yet.
It's the first introduction to the sandbox that will come after. Unfortunately you'll have to play through it but it finishes fast, and after that the smoother part of the game starts. (The part of the game that you can skip to when you start the game and get the option.)
for now you need to proceed with the left/right choices.
Sorry if I was unclear, but I just noticed this - wherever i place the cursor on the screen, it highlights the right path. I can't get it to highlight the left path, even when the cursor is right over it. So no matter where the cursor is the screen, right is selected. I can have the cursor pointing at the house, MC, etc, and it acts like I'm pointing at the right arrow. Sorry about that.
