Nooooo! 😠I'm so sorry, that sucks.
I'm not too familiar with the itch app, but what platform do you play on? If it's android, the saves are often baked into the app, and so deleting it between updates may also delete your saves.
If you're on PC, shoot me a message on discord and maybe I can help, I'll at least give it a go!
I'm on a Mac; I've always played this game via the app (it's usually just - easier on Macs in general to download that way), but this was my first time doing an update. Still: I've never had any issues with updating other games, hence me being so freakin Confused. The only thing I can think of... maybe because I didn't do the last update? (I wanted to wait for one of the main girls' content before diving back in) But - that would be stupid, if that's the reason....
I'll do some digging around tomorrow and see if I can uncover some save files or roll back the update or - SOMETHING; put my Millennial to the test. If all that fails - I mean: there's nothing I can do - I'll have to play it from the beginning. Which will really suck, but... I guess I'll just wait for you to be finished with the entire game and then do it. I couldn't bear this happening to me again. Thanks for caring, regardless - you're awesome.
Like I said I don't know about the itch app, but I might be able to help a little bit.
Renpy saves on Mac are supposed to be stored in $HOME/Library/RenPy/ and then a Yuri University folder. If the app uses the same file type, which I assume it does, at the very least I could either help you reconstruct your lost save, or even just give you a little boost to speed through the early game easier.
I won't finish making the game for at least a year, so that would be a big wait, but totally understand 😥
