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Here's the error code from the logs

2026-02-23 18:18:53 UTC

Windows-11-10.0.29531-SP0

Ren'Py 8.5.2.26010301

Heatwave: Sam's Stay DEMO

Built at 2026-02-23 17:50:16 UTC

Early init took 28 ms

Loading error handling took 21 ms

Full traceback:

  File "renpy/bootstrap.py", line 401, in bootstrap

    renpy.main.main()

    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^

  File "renpy/main.py", line 412, in main

    renpy.game.script.load_script()  # sets renpy.game.script.

    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^                           

  File "renpy/script.py", line 456, in load_script

    self.load_appropriate_file(".rpyc", ["_ren.py", ".rpy"], dir, fn, initcode)

    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

  File "renpy/script.py", line 1002, in load_appropriate_file

    raise Exception(

        "{} conflict, and can't exist in the same game.".format(" and ".join(i[1] for i in rpyfns))

    )

Exception: E:\Itch\heatwave-sams-stay-demo\Heatwave_Demo-win/renpy/common/00layeredimage_ren.py and E:\Itch\heatwave-sams-stay-demo\Heatwave_Demo-win/renpy/common/00layeredimage.rpy conflict, and can't exist in the same game.

While loading the script.

Exception: E:\Itch\heatwave-sams-stay-demo\Heatwave_Demo-win/renpy/common/00layeredimage_ren.py and E:\Itch\heatwave-sams-stay-demo\Heatwave_Demo-win/renpy/common/00layeredimage.rpy conflict, and can't exist in the same game.

Can you try re-downloading, just uploaded a fix.