hey tried downloading again/updating unarchiver still unfortunately doesn't work. This is the terminal error message if it helps:
Could not find platform dependent libraries <exec_prefix>
Consider setting $PYTHONHOME to <prefix>[:<exec_prefix>]
Could not import renpy.bootstrap. Please ensure you decompressed Ren'Py correctly, preserving the directory structure.
not an expert in computers so I don't know if this is an issue with my end or your end but thanks regardless.