Multiple Apple id account apps on one itunes help

My family uses one computers' itunes for buying apps. Everyone in my family has their own Apple id account. Everyones iPhone is also backed up and has transfered their apps to the computer. Everyone in my family plays the game Tiny Tower. And their iPhones are most used on this computer other than another computer.
I want to update my iPhone to ios 5 from ios 4. I have backed up and transfered all my bought apps from my iPhone. I don't want to lose my saved Tiny Tower game data. Would I be able to get Tiny Tower back onto my iPhone after I update my iPhone to ios 5 with the exact same game data that I had on it before I updated to ios 5? Or would I have to restart Tiny Tower from the beginning.
Sorry if this is not the right forum for this topic.

As long as the app itself is on the computer's iTunes and you make sure that the iPhone is backed up (right-click, or Control-click if on a Mac, the iOS device in iTunes under Devices and choose Back Up) before you start the update process, then your apps and and their content should be copied back to the iPhone by the update process.
Before you start the update you should also make sure that all purchases (films, tv shows, music as well as apps) have been copied over to the computer via File > Transfer Purchases, and you should copy off any important documents, files, notes etc (e.g. by email, the file sharing section at the bottom of the Apps tab in iTunes, wifi, whatever the apps that you use support) - the update process should backup and restore the content but it's best to be safe.

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