I’m sorry to hear that!
Here is a savegame that you can download to load the game right after the intro, which might solve your issue.
https://tinysecretgames.itch.io/snapshot/devlog/886738/savegame-after-intro
More importantly, before you do that, please take a moment and send me the content of the PlayerLog as described in the post. This hopefully helps me find what might be the issue with your version!