Game displays black screen before crashing

[shanetheueasfghgafgla]

Game Version​

2026.8.19.5261

Operating System​

Windows

Hardware​

- GPU / Driver Version: intel iris Xe graphics
- CPU: 12th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i5 1235U
- RAM: 16 Gigs

Install Location​

C:\Users\(my user)\AppData\Local\Programs\Kitten Space Agency\KSA.exe

What's Happening?​

When I launch the game, it comes up in the taskbar, makes my external moniter go black for a few seconds, then the application crashes

Reproduction Rate​

Every launch

Logs​

only error was this one:
13:16:46.652 ERROR Unhandled exception Brutal.VulkanApi.VkResultError: Vulkan call to vkCreateSwapchainKHR failed with error: VK_ERROR_INITIALIZATION_FAILED
at Core.Renderer.CreateSwapchain(Int32 graphicsQueueFamilyIndex, Int32 presentQueueFamilyIndex, VkPresentModeKHR requestedPresentMode, Int32 requestedImageCount, GlfwWindow window, VkSurfaceKHR surface, VkSwapchainKHR oldSwapchain)
at Core.Renderer.Rebuild(VkPresentModeKHR inPresentMode)
at Core.Renderer..ctor(GlfwWindow window, VkFormat depthFormat, VkPresentModeKHR presentMode, Api vulkanApiVersion)
at KSA.Program..ctor(IReadOnlyList`1 inArgs)
at KSA.Program.Main(String[] inArgs).

 

[Kiwi Shark]

Hello and welcome to the forums!

I think you may be experiencing a crash related to driver incompatibilities between Intel iGPUs and KSA's tech stack. The VK_ERROR_INITIALIZATION_FAILED message in the log corroborates this. This is a recurring trend and unfortunately there isn't any workaround I'm aware of to fix this at the moment. Hopefully in time the devs find a way to improve compatibility.

Thank you for reporting this! It helps give the issue more visibility.

 

[shanetheueasfghgafgla]

aww man, but thanks for helping!