No matter what I do, the game won't let me play, even though I've updated it as much as I can (through the launcher) I've only ever played the game like, once before so I'm not sure how the manual updates work or if they're mandatory.
Any help would be appreciated!
~Citrus
The launcher is a bit outdated, so I would suggest completely uninstalling all your game files. Then, go to the downloads page (you can get to it through the link in the Halloween update info on the blog website if the holiday post is still down), and use one of the direct downloads. The most recent version of the game is 2018.10.1.