Alright good news I actually am dumb.Ok, don't worry. We'll solve that. So, where exactly are you stuck now?
Did you click on the chair? The right one should be it. Then Julia comes and brings you food. If you are there, at the beginning.
So I had downloaded and installed the HVMOD because I generally download all the extras for a game when I first start it. Turns out a lot of graphics are missing when you do that because it was only made to work for up to v0.3, and I didn't read that bit. It seems everything is working as normal and I can progress now!