Added research display to the game

Scripts/Helpers/GameData.cs

@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ public partial class GameData
     public static float tileWidth = 6;
     public static float tileHeight = 4;
     public static SortedDictionary<string, ItemData> availableItems = ResourceLoader.LoadItems();
+    public static Dictionary<string, ResearchData> availableResearch = ResourceLoader.LoadResearch();
 
     //--- PLAYER ADJUSTABLE VALUES ---
     //Color used in primary objects (e.g. Robots)

Scripts/Helpers/ResourceLoader.cs

@@ -101,4 +101,21 @@ public partial class ResourceLoader
 
 		return result;
 	}
+
+	public static Dictionary<string, ResearchData> LoadResearch()
+	{
+
+		FileAccess file = FileAccess.Open("res://Assets/Research.json", FileAccess.ModeFlags.Read);
+		string json = file.GetAsText();
+
+		Dictionary<string, ResearchData> result = new();
+
+		List<ResearchData> researches = JsonSerializer.Deserialize<List<ResearchData>>(json);
+		foreach (ResearchData research in researches)
+		{
+			result.Add(research.Id, research);
+		}
+
+		return result;
+	}
 }