Starflight - The Lost Colony New Stable Release (Ver 2.21 2021) file

I really wanted to play this game, but unfortunately the current version is broken for me.

So, i start the game, choose my profession, set the name and attribute points and then reach the "savegame" step. I click on any save arrow ("<-") and i'm presented to a confirmation dialogue. I click "Yes" and the save does nothing at all.

On the bottom, i see 2 buttons: "Exit" and "Launch". I click on Launch, and the game goes back to the Profession selection screen. I try again all the steps and click on "Exit" and the game launches.

The i press "esc" and select "Save". I'm presented with a "game state has been saved". I then click load and see the message "game save file could not be found/opened".

I exit the game, start again and click load game. As expected, all save game slots are empty.

So... if i can't save the game, it is broken.

EDIT:
I'm playing on Windows 8.1. I installed the game twice. First on my d: external disk. Then i thought that the issue could be that the game was not being able to save the game due permissions.

The second install, i did it on C:\Users\[username]\AppData\Roaming\Starflight The Lost Colony. This path was the default one from the install.

As a last try, i enabled compatibility for windows xp and run the game as admin. Same issue.