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?
Heyo! Could you give a bit more detail? I think I've heard of this before, but I'm not sure where it comes from. It works the same as Essentials on my end, just an extract and press the .exe. What's your operating system?