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I was able to get them back, but not with this method. The renpy install folder is actually empty, but because itch didn't delete the previous versions of the game, I was able to copy the saves from those to this new version. I say this for future reference for anyone encountering this.
That said, load up a save that's inside the apartment since I don't know what kind of changes the storyline missions had. So far, everything's working fine.