Hi! Thank you for playing Emberfate. It looks like the 0.4.2 build had an error pointing to the wrong save directory on the computer -- please download the newest 0.4.3 build to see if the issue has been fixed.
Otherwise, you should be able to find your previous saves manually in:
- Windows: %AppData\Roaming\RenPy\EmberfateTempestofElementsPublic-1631333206
- Mac: $HOME/Library/RenPy/EmberfateTempestofElementsPublic-1631333206
- Linux: $HOME/.renpy/EmberfateTempestofElementsPublic-1631333206
You can then copy the saves over to the "saves" subfolder in the unzipped game folder. Then relaunch the game. The old saves should appear on the list again.
I apologize for the issues. Thank you for your patience!