Oh I'm so sorry! After posting I found your info about how to get it running on a Mac. Launching through the Itch app worked fine and is a super simple solution. I'm sorry to have unnecessarily added to the "your game doesn't work on Mac" noise. That must be pretty exhausting.
Yup, definitely helps to know we're not alone. The depression still super sucks though.
Merry Halloween lead up to you too! :D