i started a new map and got this error after the initial notification:
Round 0
1 players
1 enemies this round
small-biter

Error while running event on_tick (ID 0)
SurvivalMode/control.lua:265:attempt to index field '?'(a nil value)

if this is due to the bitter spawning on an island, suggest instead of crashing the game out, that notification on console state that: bitter spawned on island, please restart.

Try the latest version. It's possible there is a conflicting mod you have installed that is causing this issue. But I'll take a look and see if I can figure this out.

I have the exact same issue, but it very well could be a conflict with one of the many mods I have. What mods do you know are incompatible with yours?

Same issue.
No other mod installed.
Water only in starting area. So no island there.
Mod seems broken at the moment.

Just downloaded and I have the same issue. No other mods installed. Factorio version is the latest 0.14.

Since I can't seem to edit - the previous version works fine. Not sure what the 1.3 update is supposed to bring. I like it, by the way :D

This should be fixed in 0.1.4