Download VOTV launcher from the "Game Page"
download and install then open
From there you can go to install > Select Version > 0.9.0_0015_1 and maybe some of those problems go away.
You lose some things, but you get to use the coffee machine!
I get the frustration, but the point of the playtest is to find problems and will be issues.
The fact that there are problems is like complaining that the rain makes you wet.