Hey Noble, thank you so much for the detailed response, I really appreciate it! I'm not the best at computer programs so everything you said is extremely helpful!
After toying around with some things, I eventually figured out that it was simply my anti-virus software preventing me from starting the game. I completely overlooked it. It was 100% on my part that the error was happening. Apparently, when the anti-virus detected the game launching, that's when things went south. So, the executable, if I'm using that term correctly, would be gone from the game's directory when I booted up my computer because the anti-virus would delete it, so I could never start the game.
For some reason, only this game (so far) out of the handful of others I downloaded was stopped by the anti-virus, which was why I assummed it could've possibly been the file, but that's definitely not the case.
It's been fixed, and I completely forgot to edit my post saying the issue was resolved. Apologies for the inconvenience, and thanks so much for putting this game into the bundle! I've been thouroughly enjoying it. Thankfully Sprocket didn't do anything to the game file. :)
Thanks so much again! - Reyn