Ok, I followed those steps and the game started right from the desktop a couple of times in a row. Then it failed a couple of times in a row, generating a new errorlog, attached.
Maybe it's just hit-and-miss.
EDIT: Yeah, seems random. I just got it going again. I'll play around with it and if I notice anything systematically different when it fails I'll post it here. In the meantime, at least I can start the game - even if sometimes several attempts are needed.
So, I tried all of the above several times without effect, then I ran the .exe "as administrator" and it launched. Once in-game I commanded the "report", and I'll attach that file.
At this point I seem to be able to launch the game without problem 
. I've actually put in a couple minutes of game time. Game looks sharp!
EDIT: False alarm! I guess it just launched a couple of times for me randomly, and then reverted to it's original bad behavior 
Yes, my Rising World character is a voodoo doll in someone's basement.
Upon further experimentation I conclude that my former conclusions were a mixture of confirmation bias & wishful thinking.
So, about 40 seconds into the game (which ran beautifully - I'm so excited about this game) I got a fatal error of some sort. I didn't pay much attention, on the faith that whatever it was could be replicated in another session.
Unfortunately, I haven't been able to launch the game again. Fortunately, there is now two errorlogs to relay, I'll attach below.
I'll keep trying to launch and report anything that comes up. 
So, this is very strange:
Following the instructions above as best I could, I downloaded & installed the 368.81 Nvidia driver then launched Rising World. No difference. So I proceeded to delete the errorlog files and launch the game again (to produce a fresh errorlog), but no errorlog showed up in the directory. Same exact crash on launch, just no errorlog.
So, I opened up my browser (ie11), navigated to these forums, and began to post a description of the above experiences; I typed "...but no errorlog was produced...", and then I decided to doublecheck myself. So I minimized the browser and checked my filesystem: no errorlog. Then, with the browser still running, I launched the game again, trying to get that errorlog for you.
Next, I found myself - for the first time - beholding the Rising World title page. It launched!
After putting the pieces of myself back together and back into my chair, I ran some casual experiments:
The game launches if I have visited this webpage, and keep the browser open until after the game is running. Under no other circumstances that I've investigated will the game launch (or even produce an error log, at this point).
The game launches if I have visited this webpage and then navigated away... popping in for only a moment seems to be critical. I am logged into the forums in a "keep me logged in" situation, which might make a difference, I dunno. It just seems very strange to me and I thought you might like to know about it.
I'm still here if you'd like me to try anything else, but in the meantime, I'm gonna check out the game!
Actually, updating the video driver to the 368.81 version is the first thing I tried. When that made no difference, I searched around the net for similar problems with Gforce drivers re: OpenGL, that's when I found the 369.00 version as a possible solution. Again, no difference though.
I should've mentioned that in the opening post. I... I tried all kinds of things, you know.
Nevertheless, I think it's sound advice to re-install the 369.81 version and give it another whirl. Will do right after work today. If that doesn't work I'll follow red's instructions cleaning up my errorlog files and generating a fresh one. My next post should include the results from all of the above advice. Thanks guys.
I just gotta say, I'm a little blown away by the responsiveness in here after dealing with Steam Support. Thank you.
In fact there is an "errorlog" file - in fact there are six (probably one for each time I attempted to launch the game). They all seem to be the same. I'll try to attach one to this post... That seemed to work.
The driver for my gpu is the Gforce version 369.00.
I just bought the game from Steam a few days ago but have never gotten it to launch. Absurdly, Steam records 4+ hours of “gameplay” on the game and therefore will not refund me. Steam is non-responsive to this situation, so I guess I’m the proud owner of a desk-top icon that initiates an insistant blank white window that does nothing.
Sometimes – after I’ve been able to with great patience close the window – I get a windowed error message suggesting that my gpu driver does not support OpenGL. So I’ve been down that rabbit-hole; updated the driver. I’ve re-installed the Java. I’ve re-installed Rising World. Is there anything else I can try?
I’m running a 256bit GTX960 (1g vram), 6g ram, and a dual-core 3.7. That should be fine(?)
