so, wait, to be clear, did you download the html file? are you using, like, an itch program or something rather than just directly downloading it? that might cause problems...
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looks like you've got an issue with your permissions in your browser, they're not letting twine set up the save state. see here: https://www.chromium.org/for-testers/bug-reporting-guidelines/uncaught-securityerror-failed-to-read-the-localstorage-property-from-window-access-is-denied-for-this-document
I assume this is cause you're using Brave, which seems pretty restrictive of functionality that Twine needs to operate. security is antithetical to the Deplotted Lands I guess.