Huh, I can't find a folder by that name anywhere in my AppData\Local folder... Is it possible that the Itch app's sandboxing might have put it in a different directory? Turns out, the way Itch.io handles sandboxing is that is makes an entirely separate user account on your PC that's hidden, with very few permissions outside of the bare minimum. Who knew?
Anyway- here's (https://mega.nz/file/CA1kjS5D#NHu1dPmtSMdGn5NwLFMuowg_vknd2y1Bf72Z-kdqS8M) a full copy of the BE_Witches folder, which includes Save File 0 as well as my settings file, in case that's somehow messing things up- unless Notepad++ was failing to display things properly, though, the MainSave.sav file was filled with [NUL} on the entire line, so there's a pretty good chance any data there is lost for good...
If you don't mind me asking- is there any way you could implement an automatic backup/restore system into BE witches? Maybe keep a log of your most recent auto save and/or your most recent manual save, as well as some error tracking, so that if one of the folders creates an error and forces the game to hang it's able to identify it and replace it with one of the backups? Granted, I'm far from an expert on coding, so I have no idea how difficult this would be to implement (at least on the Itch version, since I know Steam handles save files a bit differently due to their cloud saves), but that would be a real life-saver in cases like this TwT""
Also- the crash in Sablee did have an error message in my case, although I forgot to report on it at the time- sorry about that! I tried to recreate it, though, and had no success, so it seems that it's probably an edge-case somewhere...
That's odd, Itch.io doesn't really do anything like that, it just lets you download the files really. GameMaker specifies where the save files are located, but I've no idea why it would put it on a different user account... Maybe some obscure setting on your side?
In any case thank you very much! This is wild, I've never ever seen a save get borked like that, this definitely seems to be beyond repair sadly... The only solution for the game not to crash on the loading screen might be to remove your corrupted save file entirely... I just tried crashing the game on purpose right as it's saving and even that couldn't replicate this issue, that blue screen must have really happened at the worst timing imaginable
I did consider adding a backup system before but that since I'd never seen corrupted / lost saves before, it didn't feel worth the effort. Since both you and someone else just had a save issue though, I'll work on adding that soon! It might be a bit primitive though, as in having to go in the save folder and replacing the files manually, but it's better than nothing
Oh that Sablee crash had an error! Damn, it really must have been a rare one then. I guess I've got some work ahead of me still...! Sorry I couldn't get your save back, but also, thank you!