I guess you are referring to the tutorial from the begining?
If I'm correct then you xan just skip it and go the second option at the start of the game and skip it. Never had someone complained about that part crashing so I will check it out today and send a fix.
As for the ink, when you start the game after the prologue or skipping it, before you enter the ship, you will get options to chose if you want to play old school style with necessary ink to save the fame making it more challenging or without it, meaning you can save anytime everywhere and you can play jt normally