Add this file to the pictures folder to bypass most of the "antipiracy" problems.
He uses an overlay image you can simply replace (actually, place, since it seems it is not present in the blank download) with a 1x1 transparant png and be done with it.
Game still crashes at some places though, but that's just shitty programming..
(EDIT: Oh, I just saw someone already posted a pirat.png Mine is 10x smaller though
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EDIT2: Man, the further I get in this game the more annoying this developers case of "let me drag out every action as long as humanly possible to help me pretend I actually have something to show for the money these patreons are throwing my way. Even modding the games config to run 5x faster and scroll text way faster, it still takes ages to bounce around all the maps to do nothing of note.