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diff --git a/client/serialize.gd b/client/serialize.gd
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+# Hurry Curry! - a game about cooking
+# Copyright 2025 nokoe
+#
+# This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, version 3 of the License only.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
+# along with this program.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+#
+class_name Serialize
+extends Object
+
+func serialize() -> String:
+	return JSON.stringify(to_dict())
+
+func to_dict() -> Dictionary:
+	var dict: Dictionary = {}
+	for i in get_property_list():
+		var type = i["type"]
+		var v = get(i["name"])
+		if v == null:
+			continue
+		match type:
+			TYPE_NIL || TYPE_CALLABLE: pass
+			TYPE_OBJECT:
+				if v is Serialize:
+					dict[i["name"]] = v.to_dict()
+			TYPE_ARRAY:
+				dict[i["name"]] = v.map(func(e): return e.to_dict() if e is Serialize else e)
+			_:
+				dict[i["name"]] = v
+	return dict
+
+func deserialize(de: String):
+	return from_dict(JSON.parse_string(de))
+
+func from_dict(dict: Dictionary):
+	for i in get_property_list():
+		var type = i["type"]
+		var name = i["name"]
+		if !dict.has(name) || dict[name] == null:
+			continue
+		match type:
+			TYPE_NIL || TYPE_CALLABLE: pass
+			TYPE_OBJECT:
+				var copy = new()
+				copy.from_dict(dict[name])
+				set(name, copy)
+			TYPE_ARRAY:
+				set(name, dict[name].map(func(e): if e is Dictionary:
+					var copy = new()
+					copy.from_dict(e)
+					return copy
+					else: return e
+					)
+				)
+			_:
+				set(name, dict[name])
diff --git a/client/serialize.gd.uid b/client/serialize.gd.uid
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+uid://dtx6xsa6588xs