How do you open the console? Read here.

I know that to open it you press the "~", what im saying is that even though I press it and the alt which is supposed to be shift+~ it does not open. whats even funnier is that even states in the readme in the game folder that you can use the console by hitting ythe tilde "~". so somehow the game isnt recognizing that but when I go into the options and bind something to it. is says KANJI lmfao. so somehow the binding for the console is misssing

edit: nope turns out its something to do with my keyboard drivers. I had to get a new keyboard recently and from what I read online thats the issue. did a uninstall of keyboard driver in device manager, reset pc. and now my ~ is working normal

Good. :-)
Thanks for sharing your solution with anyone who has the same issue.