Right, sounds like I bungled the packaging process. It was my first time releasing a love2d exe, so figures it would happen. I dowloaded the game exe from itch and tested it multiple times on my machine, but probably because I have love2d globally installed, I was able to run it without the missing dll issue. Insult to injury I don't think I can fix it, since participants can't edit submissions during the revision process.
But thanks for helping, and I'm especially grateful that you went through the trouble and played the game!