any way to play on a Linux machine? (aka how can one bypass the .exe file to attempt to start it?)
i got you on that just put in this link it has instructions for every command you need to run linux to be able to download it i had that same problem https://beebom.com/how-sideload-android-apps-chromebook/
Because RPGMaker MV is based on NW.js (formerly Node-Webkit) you can download the Linux version of NW.js from https://nwjs.io and copy those files over top of the NW.js files that the game shipped with then run the nw binary.
That’s enough for ~80% of RPGMaker MV games, the rest have case-sensitivity issues so I’ve just been running all RPGMaker MV games on top of ciopfs.