On my first play I got through the ship and ended up on a beach. I walked around and saw nothing and no one. Emptiness. I could hear what seemed to be townspeople but couldn't see anyone.
Could not interact with doors or ladders. I was unable to save from the options menu. It was just greyed out.
I tried quick save thanks to someones suggestion and was given the message "Mid-dialogue saves are currently disabled while we work on functionality."
I started a new game and after beating the imps I got a cut scene where I crashed on the beach. I did not get that on my first playthrough, so there seems to be an issue with the timing of cut scenes.
I see several threads about this on Steam.