Hi, creator of the game here. I'm not thrilled that the downloads are being shared but there's not much I can do to stop that from happening so I won't make a fuss over it. I am interested that some of you are having issues getting the desktop downloadables to work; I didn't have a huge sample size of people to test it with beforehand but even after releasing them via Patreon I haven't heard of many complications.
To pull back the curtain a little, the game is made for browser using HTML5 canvas and the desktop version is just the game's HTML5 archive running off of Node.js and then packaged with Web2Executable so it'll have a tidy EXE and the sound/art assets won't just be sitting around in the directory. Again, I haven't heard of this causing too many issues so I assumed it was fine. With some of the issues y'all have shared here in mind, I'll try to find a more reliable way to make a desktop version for my next game.
With all of that said, you don't need to download the game to play it. It is and always has been playable for free in-browser on Newgrounds and on some other sites. If you enjoyed it, I'd love if you considered supporting me. A decent portion of my current income comes from my Patreon and I'd love to be able to make these types of games full-time someday, but I want to get there while still keeping my games free to play.