I made sure all my drivers were up-to-date, turned off all Windows app protections, restarted my laptop after doing so, and nothing seemed to work. I've put about 2 hours into this game just starting over and over and getting the same result with each thing I try to alter in the settings.
I'm glad other people enjoyed this game. It looked fun and very up my alley. I don't know what else to do at this point.