Yikes, this update in its current state is kind of embarassing for someone who's usually a high quality dev. Also getting similar issues to what others described in thread (even post patches, with both versions) - so clearly this isn't some weird user hardware edge case; it's common. I get that it's only an alpha and disclaimed as such, but if it were my software, I certainly wouldnt release anything, publicly or privately with gaping holes like black screen crashes.
Unfortunately this is one of my favorite games on the site, so it's kinda like meeting up with that really hot girl but she had bad breath that night.....