it pains me too say i had made a lot of progress and i was making procedural generation for my game and i made a mistake i forgot i could resize the tiles but i just added more at the point where i thought 10000 would make a big enough map but when i went into play mode unity crashed and all my progress was lost by lost i mean an entire tree growing system dialogue system and much more was lost and 2 hours is not enough time to make 1 weeks worth of progress and more so yeah even my saves are gone so i can't submit anything the player doesn't even move so i will see u all in the next uplifting jam

Man, it's really sad to work hard on a game and have something go wrong right at the end.

oof, sorry to hear that friend... maybe its time for a new game engine? I frequently hear this type of thing happen for unity.
you should check out https://kaplayjs.com, as I think it'll be a more pleasant experience for you.

That's sad bro

I've been back up habitually since the first time I lost my files

at the beginning and end of each time and when important features are added