game froze for me twice in the 12 minutes I've played
I'll try it again if there's a patch
FWIW I'm also getting crashes, BUT I FOUND A FIX!
I was typing up this report and then when thinking about how to get a proper crash log I noticed that if you open the EXE folder from itch (thorough "manage" in the game info) and then right-click the EXE, there's an option to "Troubleshoot compatibility." I tried it and it applied some Windows 8 compatibility setting, and the game is now running fine far longer than before! Can't be 1000% sure that it's a complete fix, but seems like it's probably done it. I'm on Windows 10 with integrated graphics, FWIW.
Precise symptoms were: screen freezes up entirely but sound continues to play. Program is unresponsive and needs to be force-quit. Now I haven't gotten a crash since applying the compatibility setting and I've played mabye 5x as much as up to the point where the crashes started.