I'm sure this game is good - the thread has 350 pages and many positive reviews.... but, this game would be better if the 'SAVE' button actually does what it says and is there for.
I sunk over 5hrs on my first play - saved regularly on autosave and separate save-game file.
To my horror, I come back to find all my progress gone.
I cbf'd going thru all the grindy RPG fights again, all the shitty quests, and boringly killing 6 ton of orcs again to level up HP points.
I will delete game file and wait for either a fix to the pesky save button -or/and- cheats to get thru the boring grind.
From the save file readme doc in ASWS:
"To recover your saves from a past update you need to copy to go into your old game folder > www > and copy the whole "save" folder into the www folder of this game.
When asked to replace current files click "Yes"
All saves from above version 0.2 are compatible. "
As Dideldidum noted, this means you also need the global and config files, and this is why the whole folder needs to be copied over, not just the save file.
This of course means that you can not just install the new update and expect your saves to already exist. You need to copy over from the older game version to the new game version first. If you deleted the older game version already, then you just have to start over from the beginning.
As for cheats, those have already been implemented. When starting new game, choose to enable cheats. Then, after completing the game intro, go to the mayor's house and pay off the debt, then go to your house. Inside on the table, there should be a cheat book, and that is how you can access in-game cheats.