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As games like this get more and more intricate, development tends to take longer and longer.  

Avast has weird interactions with Renpy; I've actually had it delete my save files before.  Check Avast, you may need to update the engine and definitions.  It only happened to me when Avast was out of date.

The chat in Brandi's path is one of my favorite things in any AVN.  Nicely done.  I'm still going through the update, and I'm going to be looking at those names...

If you transferred over the save file (which is in a different location than the game itself), you can continue.

Most of these aren't exactly hidden, but they're also mostly not on Itch, so maybe they'll count?

Summertime Saga - Hand-drawn sandbox.  Decent story, fun characters, appealing art style.  They had to do a full rebuild like Ripples did, and there's...debate as to if the rebuild will ever be finished, but what's there is still a full story and bigger than many other games out there.

Being a Dik - 3D visual novel like Ripples, with short moments of exploration.  Emphasis on writing and humor.  Probably the #1 AVN of the last few years, it just tells a really good story.  The characters have depth and their own voices - I don't mean voice acting, but if you just saw a quote, you'd know exactly who said it.  Nine (long) chapters are out, with another likely coming in September.  It will engage most of your emotions.  Highly recommended.

Artemis - A newer entry.  Extremely polished, with great music, models, and environments.  Same style of AVN as BaD, but with a twenty-minutes-into-the-future science fiction storyline, which might appeal to you more.  Slick writing.  The characters aren't as well realized as BaD, but it's early yet.

I'd also second the rec of Once in a Lifetime.

Since the last release, I upgraded my PC.  I used a program to transfer over my saves, and it got most of the other renpy games, but not this one, sadly....  Thank you for not disabling the skip button. :)