how do I recover my save files
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Make sure your previous saves are showing in the .renpy directory.
I have an issue where saves made on versions prior to version 7 aren't showing at all (saves that were made in 0.7 do show, but a save made in version 0.6 will not). So, I had to open the game in 0.7, load every save I had (in 0.7, saves made in 0.6 do appear) and re-save it so that they would show in 0.8.