Am i gonna have to start over? ive updated the game but none of the updates are showing(users room overhaul, hanako extended routes, etc.)
It's pretty complicated, since we don't have official support for itch client.
Either it saves the save files just like the regular game would (%APPDATA%\Roaming\RenPy\ACADEMY34-v0.2.3) or it saves them in some sort of special itch folder (%APPDATA%\itch\apps).
You can try downloading the latest public release without using the itch app and check if the game will automatically find the saves.

