Since this game has no installer, I have no way of knowing which version of windows you are running... so... here's the only way I know how to solve this problem.
If your game crashes and gives you the error "Cannot find Joystick", then copy and replace xinput1_3.dll with the one in the "Alternative DLL" folder.
The game should now work, hopefully. This should solve the issues of people not having the correct versions of Direct X 9 installed, and just work out of the box.