BECOME A GREAT ARTIST IN JUST 10 SECONDS troubleshooting

Troubleshooting BECOME A GREAT ARTIST IN JUST 10 SECONDS

First, since "my laptop" is a moving target due to regular updates, try out the hotfix version once more.
Results unchanged.

Next, move to the checkout.
Working tree clean.
Pull.
Already up to date.

cd project-src
make clean
make CFLAGS="-I.. -fPIC -g"
cd ..

./artist_mac_debug
This time, do not download debuginfo
run
bt

Output:

↪ ./artist_mac_debug
~/great-artist-ufo ~/great-artist-ufo
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Reading symbols from ./bin/Linux/x64/luajit...

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(No debugging symbols found in ./bin/Linux/x64/luajit)
(gdb) run
Starting program: /home/maxchase/great-artist-ufo/bin/Linux/x64/luajit project/main.lua
[Thread debugging using libthread_db enabled]
Using host libthread_db library "/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libthread_db.so.1".
Failed loading SDL3 library.

Program received signal SIGABRT, Aborted.
__pthread_kill_implementation (no_tid=0, signo=6, threadid=<optimized out>)
    at ./nptl/pthread_kill.c:44
warning: 44	./nptl/pthread_kill.c: No such file or directory
(gdb) bt
#0  __pthread_kill_implementation (no_tid=0, signo=6, threadid=<optimized out>)
    at ./nptl/pthread_kill.c:44
#1  __pthread_kill_internal (signo=6, threadid=<optimized out>)
    at ./nptl/pthread_kill.c:78
#2  __GI___pthread_kill (threadid=<optimized out>, signo=signo@entry=6)
    at ./nptl/pthread_kill.c:89
#3  0x00007ffff784527e in __GI_raise (sig=sig@entry=6) at ../sysdeps/posix/raise.c:26
#4  0x00007ffff78288ff in __GI_abort () at ./stdlib/abort.c:79
#5  0x00007ffff7bad2ef in ?? () from bin/Linux/x64/libSDL2-2.0.so.0
#6  0x00007ffff7fca71f in call_init (l=<optimized out>, argc=argc@entry=2,
    argv=argv@entry=0x7fffffffd3b8, env=env@entry=0x7fffffffd3d0) at ./elf/dl-init.c:74
#7  0x00007ffff7fca824 in call_init (env=<optimized out>, argv=<optimized out>,
    argc=<optimized out>, l=<optimized out>) at ./elf/dl-init.c:120
#8  _dl_init (main_map=0x605540, argc=2, argv=0x7fffffffd3b8, env=0x7fffffffd3d0)
    at ./elf/dl-init.c:121
#9  0x00007ffff7fc65b2 in __GI__dl_catch_exception (exception=exception@entry=0x0,
    operate=operate@entry=0x7ffff7fd1cc0 <call_dl_init>,
    args=args@entry=0x7fffffffca20) at ./elf/dl-catch.c:211
#10 0x00007ffff7fd1d7c in dl_open_worker (a=0x7fffffffcbd0) at ./elf/dl-open.c:829
#11 dl_open_worker (a=a@entry=0x7fffffffcbd0) at ./elf/dl-open.c:792
#12 0x00007ffff7fc651c in __GI__dl_catch_exception (
    exception=exception@entry=0x7fffffffcbb0,
    operate=operate@entry=0x7ffff7fd1ce0 <dl_open_worker>,
    args=args@entry=0x7fffffffcbd0) at ./elf/dl-catch.c:237
#13 0x00007ffff7fd2164 in _dl_open (file=0x4000a0e8 "bin/Linux/x64/libSDL2-2.0.so.0",
    mode=<optimized out>, caller_dlopen=0x7ffff7c2df0a, nsid=<optimized out>, argc=2,
    argv=0x7fffffffd3b8, env=0x7fffffffd3d0) at ./elf/dl-open.c:905
#14 0x00007ffff78981a4 in dlopen_doit (a=a@entry=0x7fffffffce80) at ./dlfcn/dlopen.c:56
#15 0x00007ffff7fc651c in __GI__dl_catch_exception (
    exception=exception@entry=0x7fffffffcdc0, operate=0x7ffff7898140 <dlopen_doit>,
    args=0x7fffffffce80) at ./elf/dl-catch.c:237
#16 0x00007ffff7fc6669 in _dl_catch_error (objname=0x7fffffffce28,
    errstring=0x7fffffffce30, mallocedp=0x7fffffffce27, operate=<optimized out>,
    args=<optimized out>) at ./elf/dl-catch.c:256
#17 0x00007ffff7897c83 in _dlerror_run (
    operate=operate@entry=0x7ffff7898140 <dlopen_doit>, args=args@entry=0x7fffffffce80)
    at ./dlfcn/dlerror.c:138
#18 0x00007ffff789825f in dlopen_implementation (dl_caller=<optimized out>,
    mode=<optimized out>, file=<optimized out>) at ./dlfcn/dlopen.c:71
#19 ___dlopen (file=<optimized out>, mode=<optimized out>) at ./dlfcn/dlopen.c:81
#20 0x00007ffff7c2df0a in ?? ()
   from /home/maxchase/great-artist-ufo/bin/Linux/x64/libluajit.so
#21 0x00007ffff7c09093 in ?? ()
   from /home/maxchase/great-artist-ufo/bin/Linux/x64/libluajit.so
#22 0x00007ffff7c481ec in ?? ()
   from /home/maxchase/great-artist-ufo/bin/Linux/x64/libluajit.so
#23 0x00007ffff7c09093 in ?? ()
   from /home/maxchase/great-artist-ufo/bin/Linux/x64/libluajit.so
#24 0x00007ffff7c481ec in ?? ()
   from /home/maxchase/great-artist-ufo/bin/Linux/x64/libluajit.so
#25 0x00007ffff7c09093 in ?? ()
   from /home/maxchase/great-artist-ufo/bin/Linux/x64/libluajit.so
#26 0x00007ffff7c48ae0 in lua_pcall ()
   from /home/maxchase/great-artist-ufo/bin/Linux/x64/libluajit.so
#27 0x0000000000401c66 in _start ()