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Hello!
First, and foremost, thanks for wanting to replay the game and for your bug report.

So, to give some indications about the downloadable versions:
— they are indeed intended for Windows, Linux and Mac only (as indicated by the icons and the tags). You can’t play them on Chrome OS.
— the major difference with the browser version is that the music is less laggy, the transitions smoother and the name box better placed.

Now, I also happen to have a Chromebook (which I don’t use to develop the game, but it helps for checking if everything is alright). I just played the game on Google Chrome and did not encounter any bug.
According to your screenshot, you’re encountering a script error you can check in the JavaScript console. Maybe checking the console and sending me a screenshot will help me help you (if you’re on Google Chrome, control+shift+j).
I don’t know how familiar you are with Ren’Py games but there is something to know: the language we use to code our games is Python, not JavaScript. Yet, since you’re encountering a JavaScript error, this means the problem isn’t due to the game itself but to something exterior on which I have alas no control (and it makes sense if it worked once for you: the files haven’t changed so the game is no different than the first time you played it).
From what I understood from my research (but I don’t know a thing about JavaScript), script errors are bound to occur when a part of the script of a website is stored on another website. So I think the problem might be coming from the way itch deals with the files. Therefore, and once again, I fear it is nothing I can fix and the fact it happened for The Life I Lost and not for The Witch in the Forest is purely contingent. Again, I could be wrong since I really don’t know at all how JavaScript works, but since the game worked once and hasn’t changed since you last played it, the problem is certainly not coming from it.
So, the case isn’t hopeless, since it worked once for you and since it works for me. Maybe you can answer these questions or try out some of these suggestions to make things work:

— which browser did you use? Is it the same than the one you used the first time you played the game?
— did you proceed any differently than the first time you played the game (did you access the page differently, for instance?)?
— refreshing the page might help, if you haven’t tried yet?
— try to clear your cache (https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/32050?hl=en&co=GENIE.Platform%3DDesktop)
— maybe try playing it later? (Not sure how efficient it is)
— if none of this works, maybe you can try using another browser or restarting your computer (but I know it’s something we try to avoid generally).

Sorry for not being able to find a perfect solution but, unfortunately, I don’t have much control over this website. I hope you manage to make the game work! If not, do not hesitate to reach to me with further information so that we hopefully work out a solution for you which works everytime you want to play The Life I Lost.