Can't save after a certain point [solved]

[BlueB]

Having some trouble with saving my game.

At the start of the game, saving works fine; press the save state and you're good to go. However, after a certain point, if you save, the game saves at the last "creation" screen.

During the tutorial, players must create a bronze pin using the creation screen to continue the game. To call the screen, I use this:

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v "Would you like me to go over it again?"
    
    menu:
        "Yes, please.":
            v "Hohoho. Were you paying attention, Emm?"
            EmSad "I was, I promise! It's just in the middle somewhere I got a little lost..."
            v "Alright. I'll say it again."
            jump create_tut
        "No, I'm ready!":
            show Vyorn Happy with dissolve
            v "That's my girl. Get to it!"
            hide Vyorn Happy with dissolve
    
    show screen create
    
label loop1:
    
    Em "Alright, select 'Pins,' then 'Bronze,' and hit 'start.' I can do that."
    
    if my_inventory.has_item(bronze_pin):
        jump first_continue
    else:
        jump loop1

The player navigates through the creation menu, which is a long and convoluted code at present. The beginning goes like this:

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screen create:
    tag menu
    add "CreateGround.png" xpos 250 ypos 20
    if pins_unlocked:
        imagebutton idle "text_pins_idle.png" hover "text_pins_active.png" action ShowMenu('pins') xpos 280 ypos 50
    if watches_unlocked:
        imagebutton idle "text_watches_idle.png" hover "text_watches_active.png" action ShowMenu('watches') xpos 280 ypos 100
    if rings_unlocked:
        imagebutton idle "text_rings_idle.png" hover "text_rings_active.png" action ShowMenu('rings') xpos 280 ypos 150

And the end the player arrives at is:

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label make_pin_bronze:
    $ store_inventory.lose(firewood)
    $ store_inventory.lose(bronze)
    $ my_inventory.get(bronze_pin)
    hide screen pins_bronze
    hide screen pins
    show screen clock
    show screen menu_buttons
    show Pin Bronze at accessory_position with dissolve
    EmHappy "Yes! I made a {b}Bronze Pin{/b}!"
if tutorial:
    jump first_continue
else:
    jump cellar

Everything seems to work fine; the player gets their bronze icon and the game continues on. HOWEVER, saving any time after this results in the game saving at the screen create line of code. What could possibly be causing this? Any help would be more than appreciated. If you need a screenshot, just let me know.

[Alex]

Check if you actually hide "create" screen somewhere in your code.
Or you'd better attached the project folder to let people fix the issue.

[BlueB]

Alright, attached are all the (currently used) .rpy files. The current game is all of 5 minutes long and is littered with bugs as it is, but the most pressing issue is that doing anything at all except click through dialogue after opening the "create" screen will send you right back to the "create" screen. It's a mess If you need anything else from me, just say so. I'll gladly give you my soul at this point.

Also, I realize I'm a very messy programmer; half the lines are unnecessary and convoluted, and there are 500 better ways to do what I'm doing. I always try and get the basic idea to work before cleaning it up and bugging it later. However, that might be what got me into this situation

If anybody could help out, it'd be much appreciated.

[Anima]

I don't think jumping from a menu is a good idea. Since menus have their own context and it doesn't look like you ever leave that context again.
It would be better to use a call screen statement for the item creation screen and then change the subscreens either with show statements or with conditional use statements.

[BlueB]

It would be better to use a call screen statement for the item creation screen and then change the subscreens either with show statements or with conditional use statements.

Your script helped tremendously. Thank you so much! Everything is running fine now.

[Anima]

Glad you could pick it up from there.
You should take a look at the tag system as well. Should spare you all those hide actions.