You could try removing the ESP32 from your board and connect it via USB to a PC with the Arduino IDE running on it. Try to upload a simple sketch. I f it still fails you'll know it is probably you IDE setup that is wrong.
(Are you pressing the reset button when the IDE says 'Uploading'?)
Kintara

If I understand you correctly i think you just do this in void setup() pinMode(33, OUTPUT); // GPIO as output or pinMode(33, INPUT); // GPIO as input or pinMode(33, INPUT_PULLUP); // GPIO as input utilising the internal pull-up resistor Then when you want to set pin 33 high or low you use either dig...