Hey Dr!
Sorry you're having issues getting the game up and running.
You could try holding shift while opening the game (holding shift and double clicking the .exe should bring up the options menu, you could try changing the renderer here, restarting and seeing if the game launches). Disabling the controller support (If enabled) can help in some cases too.
If by chance you're on an intel cpu (particularly i9) you can try this step (I found on Reddit):
Use Intel Extreme Tuning Utility. This is for Renpy games. Start it and in the first screen you'll have Performance Core Ratio 55x. Change this to 54x.
I'd also make sure all your necessary drivers are up to date (mainly your GPU).
Hope it helps and you can get back to playing soon!