Before clicking on New game, in the options, check:
That may help.
https://www.saeder.ch/index.php/2023/12/31/offspring/
Throw them on the ground, then you can interact with them.
(To use the crystals in the house safe, put them in the inventory, then throw them on the floor ( Eloimaya must follow you )).
What kind of graphics card do you have?
https://www.howtogeek.com/414201/how-to-check-what-graphics-card-gpu-is-in-your-...
The game does not work ( or works very badly ) with an intel(R) UHD Graphics
What kind of graphics card do you have?
https://www.howtogeek.com/414201/how-to-check-what-graphics-card-gpu-is-in-your-...
Try, before clicking on 'New Game', to go to the graphics options and tick: 'Disable RealTime Hair' (and also the sky and grass).
I tested on a laptop with a Radeon M375X, with 2Gb of VRAM. After calculations, you need at least 12 Gb of RAM, shared between RAM and VRAM.
But 2Gb of VRAM is a minimum. And on older processors with integrated graphics, this doesn't work.