I gave up supporting them on Patreon because of the save issue. And I don't plan to re-up my support or play the game until it is possible to progress in the game and keep that progress. I like the game and the art is incredible but it's too frustrating. It truly sucks to put in hours of time to get to the end of a current release, and then haave to start all over again. Even more so when the supposed save games and persistent data saves don't really work.
While I'm not going to defend the save issue, you are given the option of starting at the beginning of the new chapter with each update.
Only reason this doesn't bother me is the length of time between updates means I'll most likely want to start a new game regardless. Knowing I can skip the freaking swimsuit stuff makes it not so bad.
Have you tried using the search function? This question has been answered many times in recent pages.
