Changes

Persistence/Connectors/Scripts/chest_persistence_connector.gd

@@ -18,4 +18,3 @@ func _ready() -> void:
 func _on_chest_opened(chest: BaseChest) -> void:
 	var node_path := chest.get_path()
 	PersistenceManager.UpdateData(node_path, true)
-	PersistenceManager.SaveToDisk()

Persistence/Connectors/Scripts/gate_persistence_connector.gd

@@ -37,4 +37,3 @@ func _handle_spike_gate(node_path: NodePath) -> bool:
 func _on_spike_gate_opened(node: Node) -> void:
 	var path := node.get_path()
 	PersistenceManager.UpdateData(path, true)
-	PersistenceManager.SaveToDisk()

Persistence/persistence_manager.gd

@@ -1,16 +1,28 @@
 extends Node
 
-var _save_dictionary: Dictionary[NodePath, Variant] = {}
+const DEFAULT_SAVE_FILE_PATH = "user://savegame.save"
+
+var _save_file_path: String
+var _save_dictionary: Dictionary = {}
 
 # Public Methods
-func UpdateData(node_path: NodePath, value: Variant) -> void:
-	_save_dictionary[node_path] = value
+func UpdateData(key: String, value: Variant) -> void:
+	_save_dictionary[key] = value
 
 
-func GetData(node_path: NodePath) -> Variant:
-	if not _save_dictionary.has(node_path):
+func UpdateNode(node_path: NodePath, value: Variant) -> void:
+	UpdateData(str(node_path), value)
+
+
+func GetData(key: String) -> Variant:
+	if not _save_dictionary.has(key):
 		return null
-	return _save_dictionary[node_path]
+	return _save_dictionary[key]
+
+
+func GetNode(node_path: NodePath) -> Variant:
+	var key := str(node_path)
+	return GetData(key)
 
 
 func HasData(node_path: NodePath) -> bool:
@@ -18,17 +30,29 @@ func HasData(node_path: NodePath) -> bool:
 
 
 func SaveToDisk() -> void:
-	var save_file := FileAccess.open("user://savegame.save", FileAccess.WRITE)
+	if !_save_file_path:
+		return
+	
+	var save_file := FileAccess.open(_save_file_path, FileAccess.WRITE)
 	var json := JSON.stringify(_save_dictionary)
 	
 	save_file.store_line(json)
 
 
-func LoadFromDisk() -> void:
-	if not FileAccess.file_exists("user://savegame.save"):
+func LoadFromDisk(save_file_path: String) -> void:
+	_save_file_path = save_file_path
+	
+	if not FileAccess.file_exists(save_file_path):
+		print_rich("[color=yellow]Save file at path %s does not exist, creating new save file...[/color]" % save_file_path)
 		return
-	var save_file = FileAccess.open("user://savegame.save", FileAccess.READ)
+	
+	var save_file := FileAccess.open(save_file_path, FileAccess.READ)
 	print("Loading save file from path: %s" % save_file.get_path_absolute())
+	
+	if save_file.get_position() >= save_file.get_length():
+		print("Save file was empty...")
+		return
+	
 	var line := save_file.get_line()
 	var json = JSON.new()
 	var parse_result := json.parse(line)
@@ -36,16 +60,7 @@ func LoadFromDisk() -> void:
 		print("Parsing result when loading file: [%s] in %s at line %d" % [json.get_error_message(), line, json.get_error_line()])
 		return
 	
+	print("JSON data parsed: [%d]" % typeof(json.data))
+	
 	var data_dict: Dictionary = json.data
-	var node_dict: Dictionary[NodePath, Variant]
-	for key in data_dict:
-		var value: Variant = data_dict[key]
-		var node_path := NodePath(key)
-		node_dict[node_path] = value
-		
-	_save_dictionary = node_dict
-
-
-# Private Methods
-func _ready() -> void:
-	LoadFromDisk()
+	_save_dictionary = data_dict