There have been two separate dead ends I've entered and had a mass of blue symbols fly at me and then disappear. I tried to click on them but nothing seemed to happen. I presume these are the sigils but I don't know if I collected them or missed the chance because I hadn't yet found the item needed to do so....

Hello, I hate to sound like an uneducated rube, but I genuinely have no clue what I ought to be doing when I start a new game. None of the buttons on the right really do anything and clicking on the scenery doesn't either. Some sort of guidance would be very helpful. Thanks....