What version of windows are you using?

Right, that's probably it. It's a specific version called "Windows 10 Enterprise LTSC Edition". It doesn't get updates very often. Not everyone uses it or even has access to it, since it's a no bells and whistles version that isn't easy to get.

Come to think of it, I'll try checking for updates and see that changes anything.

That might be it. You can try running in compatibility mode to see if it works.

Hmmm... Sadly, none of them worked out. I tried two Vista options, one Windows 7 and one Windows 8. I also added "run as Admin" just in case, but I still keep getting the same error.

While doing some sniffing around yesterday, I figured out that it's related to certain .dll files, but it went nowhere. Even after deleting and getting new ones of some of the suspicious .dll files (like Xinput9_1_0.dll), I kept getting the same error.

Well, it's not a huge deal. I'll just keep the game in my wishlist (or buy it) and play it later on if I change to a mainstream Windows 10 (or hell, maybe 11) version someday. It's not the end of the world, after all.

I don't know much about that specific version of windows 10. Are all those versions of windows 64 bit?
Unfortunately I'm not in a position to test those versions. But the game should work on consumer and mainstream versions of windows 10 and 11.

https://imgur.com/a/KoCdA7b

No worries. I'll probably change my OS at some point to avoid similar situations in the future, once I stop being lazy. Thanks for your time, boss. The game looks very interesting, by the way. I hope you sell a lot of copies!