Try the older version and see if that works. Regardless, there's been a minority of common issues booting up the game so I'll see if I can get that settled soon.
It's a very similar version. It only changes a minor change in the end-game and has older PC ui, otherwise it's mostly the same.
May I ask what operating system you run?
Did you try using the other version (Ghosts of Knowledge.exe)? Or does it give the same issue?
To clarify, this happens immediately when the game boots up, right?