Oh i see, that is indeed strange. Maybe really a save transfer bug then. Very sorry that this happened to you. Will look into it. You didnt choose the option to skip the town tour by any chance? That options was a little bit bug in that version.
Its a bit annoying but doable. There is a folder called "www" and in that is a folder called "saves" just copy that folder over to the new version in the same dictonary and you should be fine.
If the saves dont show up there is also a way to fix that. Making a new save and once it is created replace it with the old one.
And i am very sorry for the inconvinience!
Also version 0.5.1 has the new adition to skip the entire intro.