diff --git a/DaggerFramework/Source/Game.cs b/DaggerFramework/Source/Game.cs
index 9a94f80..4cbb883 100644
--- a/DaggerFramework/Source/Game.cs
+++ b/DaggerFramework/Source/Game.cs
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ namespace DaggerFramework
             LoadResources();
             Ready();
             Run();
+            Shutdown();
         }
 
         /// <summary>
diff --git a/DaggerFramework/Source/Resources/Loaders/FontLoader.cs b/DaggerFramework/Source/Resources/Loaders/FontLoader.cs
index 2e52c4a..ff82573 100644
--- a/DaggerFramework/Source/Resources/Loaders/FontLoader.cs
+++ b/DaggerFramework/Source/Resources/Loaders/FontLoader.cs
@@ -1,15 +1,13 @@
 namespace DaggerFramework.Resources;
 
-public class FontLoader : IResourceLoader
+public class FontLoader : IResourceLoader<Font>
 {
     public IEnumerable<string> SupportedExtensions => new string[]
     {
         "ttf"
     };
 
-    public Type ResourceType => typeof(Font);
-
-    public Resource Load(string path)
+    public Font Load(string path)
     {
         byte[] fileBuffer = File.ReadAllBytes(path);
         var result = new Font(path, fileBuffer);
diff --git a/DaggerFramework/Source/Resources/Loaders/IResourceLoader.cs b/DaggerFramework/Source/Resources/Loaders/IResourceLoader.cs
index 79585ca..f6686ed 100644
--- a/DaggerFramework/Source/Resources/Loaders/IResourceLoader.cs
+++ b/DaggerFramework/Source/Resources/Loaders/IResourceLoader.cs
@@ -1,9 +1,8 @@
 namespace DaggerFramework.Resources
 {
-    public interface IResourceLoader
+    public interface IResourceLoader<T> where T : Resource
     {
         public IEnumerable<string> SupportedExtensions { get; }
-        public Type ResourceType { get; }
-        public Resource Load(string path);
+        public T Load(string path);
     }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/DaggerFramework/Source/Resources/Loaders/SoundLoader.cs b/DaggerFramework/Source/Resources/Loaders/SoundLoader.cs
index 0a934c7..dcfb17b 100644
--- a/DaggerFramework/Source/Resources/Loaders/SoundLoader.cs
+++ b/DaggerFramework/Source/Resources/Loaders/SoundLoader.cs
@@ -2,16 +2,14 @@ using StbVorbisSharp;
 
 namespace DaggerFramework.Resources
 {
-    public class SoundLoader : IResourceLoader
+    public class SoundLoader : IResourceLoader<Sound>
     {
         public IEnumerable<string> SupportedExtensions => new string[]
         {
             "ogg"
         };
 
-        public Type ResourceType => typeof(Sound);
-
-        public Resource Load(string path)
+        public Sound Load(string path)
         {
             Vorbis vorbis;
             Sound result;
diff --git a/DaggerFramework/Source/Resources/Loaders/Texture2dLoader.cs b/DaggerFramework/Source/Resources/Loaders/Texture2dLoader.cs
index 7e9e630..01e12a3 100644
--- a/DaggerFramework/Source/Resources/Loaders/Texture2dLoader.cs
+++ b/DaggerFramework/Source/Resources/Loaders/Texture2dLoader.cs
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ using StbImageSharp;
 
 namespace DaggerFramework
 {
-    public class Texture2dLoader : IResourceLoader
+    public class Texture2dLoader : IResourceLoader<Texture2d>
     {
         public IEnumerable<string> SupportedExtensions => new string[]
         {
@@ -12,9 +12,7 @@ namespace DaggerFramework
             ".jpeg"
         };
 
-        public Type ResourceType => typeof(Texture2d);
-
-        public Resource Load(string path)
+        public Texture2d Load(string path)
         {
             ImageResult image;
             using (var stream = File.OpenRead(path))
@@ -28,10 +26,5 @@ namespace DaggerFramework
 
             return result;
         }
-
-        Resource IResourceLoader.Load(string path)
-        {
-            throw new NotImplementedException();
-        }
     }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/DaggerFramework/Source/Resources/Resource.cs b/DaggerFramework/Source/Resources/Resource.cs
index aee1dcf..cdd593c 100644
--- a/DaggerFramework/Source/Resources/Resource.cs
+++ b/DaggerFramework/Source/Resources/Resource.cs
@@ -1,10 +1,15 @@
+using System.Text.Json.Serialization;
+
 namespace DaggerFramework
 {
     public abstract class Resource : IDisposable
     {
         public string? Path { get => _path; set => _path = value; }
+
+        [JsonIgnore]
         public byte[]? Buffer { get => _buffer; set => _buffer = value; }
 
+        [JsonIgnore]
         public long BufferSize { get; set; }
 
         public Resource(string path, byte[] buffer)
diff --git a/DaggerFramework/Source/Resources/ResourceManager.cs b/DaggerFramework/Source/Resources/ResourceManager.cs
index 38efd58..93b8cd0 100644
--- a/DaggerFramework/Source/Resources/ResourceManager.cs
+++ b/DaggerFramework/Source/Resources/ResourceManager.cs
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ namespace DaggerFramework.Resources
 
             _logger.Info($"Loading {path} as {typeof(T)} with id \"{resourceId}\"...");
 
-            if (!TryGetLoader<T>(out IResourceLoader? loader))
+            if (!TryGetLoader(out IResourceLoader<T>? loader))
             {
                 return false;
             }
@@ -50,6 +50,21 @@ namespace DaggerFramework.Resources
             return true;
         }
 
+        public bool TrySave<T>(string path, in T resource) where T : Resource
+        {
+            if (!TryGetSaver(out IResourceSaver<T>? saver))
+            {
+                return false;
+            }
+
+            if (!saver.TrySave(path, in resource))
+            {
+                return false;
+            }
+
+            return true;
+        }
+
         public bool TryGetResource<T>(string resourceId, [NotNullWhen(true)] out T? resource) where T : Resource
         {
             resource = null;
@@ -75,37 +90,82 @@ namespace DaggerFramework.Resources
 
         public bool IsResourceLoaded(string resourceId) => _loadedResources.ContainsKey(resourceId);
 
-        public void AddResourceAssociation(Type resourceType, IResourceLoader loader)
+        public void AddResourceLoaderAssociation<T>(IResourceLoader<T> loader) where T : Resource
         {
-            _resourceLoaderAssociations.Add(resourceType, loader);
+            _logger.Info($"Added resource loader association for {typeof(T)}.");
+            _resourceLoaderAssociations.Add(typeof(T), loader);
         }
 
-        private bool TryGetLoader<T>([NotNullWhen(true)] out IResourceLoader? loader) where T : Resource
+        public void AddResourceSaverAssociation<T>(IResourceSaver<T> saver) where T : Resource
+        {
+            _logger.Info($"Added resource saver association for {typeof(T)}.");
+            _resourceSaverAssociations.Add(typeof(T), saver);
+        }
+
+        private bool TryGetLoader<T>([NotNullWhen(true)] out IResourceLoader<T>? loader) where T : Resource
         {
             loader = null;
 
             if (!_resourceLoaderAssociations.ContainsKey(typeof(T)))
             {
-                _logger.Error($"No loader for {typeof(T).ToString()} was found!");
+                _logger.Error($"No loader association found for {typeof(T)}.");
                 return false;
             }
 
-            loader = _resourceLoaderAssociations[typeof(T)];
+            loader = _resourceLoaderAssociations[typeof(T)] as IResourceLoader<T>;
 
-            _logger.Info($"Using {loader.GetType().ToString()} for loading...");
+            if (loader is not null)
+            {
+                _logger.Info($"Using {loader.GetType()} for loading...");
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                _logger.Error($"No loader association found for {typeof(T)}.");
+                return false;
+            }
+
+            return true;
+        }
+
+        private bool TryGetSaver<T>([NotNullWhen(true)] out IResourceSaver<T>? saver) where T : Resource
+        {
+            saver = null;
+
+            if (!_resourceSaverAssociations.ContainsKey(typeof(T)))
+            {
+                _logger.Error($"No saver association found for {typeof(T)}.");
+                return false;
+            }
+
+            saver = _resourceSaverAssociations[typeof(T)] as IResourceSaver<T>;
+
+            if (saver is not null)
+            {
+                _logger.Info($"Using {saver.GetType()} for saving...");
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                _logger.Error($"No saver association found for {typeof(T)}.");
+                return false;
+            }
 
             return true;
         }
 
         private Logger _logger = new(nameof(ResourceManager));
 
-        private readonly Dictionary<Type, IResourceLoader> _resourceLoaderAssociations = new()
+        private readonly Dictionary<Type, object> _resourceLoaderAssociations = new()
         {
             {typeof(Sound), new SoundLoader()},
             {typeof(Texture2d), new Texture2dLoader()},
             {typeof(Font), new FontLoader()}
         };
 
+        private readonly Dictionary<Type, object> _resourceSaverAssociations = new()
+        {
+
+        };
+
         private Dictionary<string, Resource> _loadedResources = new();
     }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/DaggerFramework/Source/Resources/Savers/IResourceSaver.cs b/DaggerFramework/Source/Resources/Savers/IResourceSaver.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..dfd5b27
--- /dev/null
+++ b/DaggerFramework/Source/Resources/Savers/IResourceSaver.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+namespace DaggerFramework.Resources
+{
+    public interface IResourceSaver<T> where T : Resource
+    {
+        public bool TrySave(string path, in T resource);
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/DaggerFramework/Source/SceneGraph/Entities/Entity.cs b/DaggerFramework/Source/SceneGraph/Entities/Entity.cs
index 18b50dc..d986f18 100644
--- a/DaggerFramework/Source/SceneGraph/Entities/Entity.cs
+++ b/DaggerFramework/Source/SceneGraph/Entities/Entity.cs
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+using System.Text.Json.Serialization;
 using DaggerFramework.Audio;
 using DaggerFramework.Rendering;
 
@@ -26,4 +27,11 @@ namespace DaggerFramework.SceneGraph
             Layer?.DestroyEntity(Id);
         }
     }
+
+    [JsonSourceGenerationOptions(WriteIndented = true)]
+    [JsonSerializable(typeof(Entity))]
+    internal partial class EntitySourceGenerationContext : JsonSerializerContext
+    {
+
+    }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/DaggerFramework/Source/SceneGraph/EntityLayer.cs b/DaggerFramework/Source/SceneGraph/EntityLayer.cs
index a5f5572..ccd6f07 100644
--- a/DaggerFramework/Source/SceneGraph/EntityLayer.cs
+++ b/DaggerFramework/Source/SceneGraph/EntityLayer.cs
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+using System.Text.Json.Serialization;
 using DaggerFramework.Rendering;
 using DaggerFramework.Utils;
 
@@ -5,17 +6,17 @@ namespace DaggerFramework.SceneGraph
 {
     public class EntityLayer : Layer
     {
-        public List<Entity> Entities { get => _entities; }
+        [JsonInclude] public List<Entity> Entities { get; set; }
         public Camera2d? CurrentCamera { get; set; }
 
         public EntityLayer(List<Entity> entities)
         {
-            _entities = entities;
+            Entities = entities;
         }
 
         public EntityLayer()
         {
-            _entities = new List<Entity>();
+            Entities = new List<Entity>();
         }
 
         public void UpdateCurrentCamera()
@@ -53,14 +54,14 @@ namespace DaggerFramework.SceneGraph
 
         public void DestroyEntity(int at)
         {
-            _entities.RemoveAt(at);
+            Entities.RemoveAt(at);
         }
 
         protected override void OnStart()
         {
-            for (int i = 0; i < _entities.Count; i++)
+            for (int i = 0; i < Entities.Count; i++)
             {
-                var entity = _entities[i];
+                var entity = Entities[i];
                 entity.Layer = this;
                 entity.Start();
             }
@@ -68,7 +69,7 @@ namespace DaggerFramework.SceneGraph
 
         protected override void OnUpdate(double dt)
         {
-            foreach (var entity in _entities)
+            foreach (var entity in Entities)
             {
                 entity.Update(dt);
             }
@@ -94,7 +95,7 @@ namespace DaggerFramework.SceneGraph
         protected override void OnDraw(Renderer renderer)
         {
             // TODO: can be done more efficiently, needs rendering redesign.
-            foreach (var entity in _entities)
+            foreach (var entity in Entities)
             {
                 if (entity is IDrawable drawable)
                 {
@@ -102,8 +103,6 @@ namespace DaggerFramework.SceneGraph
                 }
             }
         }
-
-        private List<Entity> _entities;
         private List<Camera2d> _cameraEntities = new();
     }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/DaggerFramework/Source/SceneGraph/Layer.cs b/DaggerFramework/Source/SceneGraph/Layer.cs
index 1982762..73d6a72 100644
--- a/DaggerFramework/Source/SceneGraph/Layer.cs
+++ b/DaggerFramework/Source/SceneGraph/Layer.cs
@@ -1,13 +1,14 @@
 using DaggerFramework.Resources;
 using DaggerFramework.Rendering;
+using System.Text.Json.Serialization;
 
 namespace DaggerFramework.SceneGraph
 {
     public abstract class Layer : IDrawable
     {
-        public Scene? Scene { get; set; }
-        public InputHandler? Input { get; set; }
-        public ResourceManager ResourceManager => Scene!.ResourceManager;
+        [JsonIgnore] public Scene? Scene { get; set; }
+        [JsonIgnore] public InputHandler? Input { get; set; }
+        [JsonIgnore] public ResourceManager ResourceManager => Scene!.ResourceManager;
 
         public void BeginDraw(Renderer renderer) => OnBeginDraw(renderer);
         public void Draw(Renderer renderer) => OnDraw(renderer);
diff --git a/DaggerFramework/Source/SceneGraph/Resources/SerializedScene.cs b/DaggerFramework/Source/SceneGraph/Resources/SerializedScene.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..858ef03
--- /dev/null
+++ b/DaggerFramework/Source/SceneGraph/Resources/SerializedScene.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+using System.Text.Json.Serialization;
+
+namespace DaggerFramework.SceneGraph
+{
+    public class SerializedScene : Resource
+    {
+        public Dictionary<string, Layer> Layers { get; set; }
+
+        public SerializedScene(string path, byte[] buffer) : base(path, buffer)
+        {
+        }
+    }
+
+    [JsonSourceGenerationOptions(WriteIndented = true)]
+    [JsonSerializable(typeof(SerializedScene))]
+    internal partial class SerializedSceneContext : JsonSerializerContext
+    {
+
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/DaggerFramework/Source/SceneGraph/Resources/SerializedSceneSaver.cs b/DaggerFramework/Source/SceneGraph/Resources/SerializedSceneSaver.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..782c955
--- /dev/null
+++ b/DaggerFramework/Source/SceneGraph/Resources/SerializedSceneSaver.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+using DaggerFramework.Resources;
+using DaggerFramework.Utils;
+
+namespace DaggerFramework.SceneGraph
+{
+    public class SerializedSceneSaver : IResourceSaver<SerializedScene>
+    {
+        public bool TrySave(string path, in SerializedScene resource)
+        {
+            if (resource.Buffer is null)
+            {
+                _logger.Error($"Tried to save a resource at \"{path}\" with a null buffer!");
+                return false;
+            }
+
+            File.WriteAllBytes(path, resource.Buffer);
+
+            return true;
+        }
+
+        private Logger _logger = new(nameof(SerializedSceneSaver));
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/DaggerFramework/Source/SceneGraph/Scene.cs b/DaggerFramework/Source/SceneGraph/Scene.cs
index 06b0913..3970d28 100644
--- a/DaggerFramework/Source/SceneGraph/Scene.cs
+++ b/DaggerFramework/Source/SceneGraph/Scene.cs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-using System.Numerics;
+using System.Text.Json;
 using DaggerFramework.Audio;
 using DaggerFramework.Rendering;
 using DaggerFramework.Resources;
@@ -16,20 +16,43 @@ namespace DaggerFramework.SceneGraph
         public double DeltaTime => _renderer.FrameTime;
         public bool ShouldRun => Renderer.ShouldRun;
 
-        public Scene(Renderer renderer, InputHandler input, AudioBackend audioBackend, ResourceManager resourceManager)
+        public Scene(SceneSettings settings)
         {
-            _renderer = renderer;
-            _input = input;
-            _audioBackend = audioBackend;
-            _resourceManager = resourceManager;
-
-            _layers = new Dictionary<string, Layer>();
+            _renderer = settings.Renderer;
+            _input = settings.InputHandler;
+            _audioBackend = settings.AudioBackend;
+            _resourceManager = settings.ResourceManager;
         }
 
-        public Scene(Renderer renderer, ResourceManager resourceManager)
+        public static Scene FromSerialized(SerializedScene serializedScene, SceneSettings settings)
         {
-            _renderer = renderer;
-            _resourceManager = resourceManager;
+            var scene = new Scene(settings);
+            scene.WithLayers(serializedScene.Layers);
+
+            return scene;
+        }
+
+        public bool TrySerialize(out SerializedScene serializedScene)
+        {
+            serializedScene = new SerializedScene(string.Empty, new byte[] { })
+            {
+                Layers = _layers
+            };
+
+            var sourceGenOptions = new JsonSerializerOptions
+            {
+                TypeInfoResolver = SerializedSceneContext.Default
+            };
+
+            serializedScene.Buffer = JsonSerializer.SerializeToUtf8Bytes(serializedScene, typeof(SerializedScene), sourceGenOptions);
+            serializedScene.BufferSize = serializedScene.Buffer.LongLength;
+
+            return true;
+        }
+
+        public void WithLayers(Dictionary<string, Layer> layers)
+        {
+            _layers = layers;
         }
 
         public void Init() => SetupRenderer();
@@ -97,4 +120,12 @@ namespace DaggerFramework.SceneGraph
         private InputHandler? _input;
         private ResourceManager _resourceManager;
     }
+
+    public struct SceneSettings
+    {
+        public Renderer Renderer { get; set; }
+        public AudioBackend AudioBackend { get; set; }
+        public InputHandler InputHandler { get; set; }
+        public ResourceManager ResourceManager { get; set; }
+    }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/TestGame/TestGame.cs b/TestGame/TestGame.cs
index efcc75e..0dc5022 100644
--- a/TestGame/TestGame.cs
+++ b/TestGame/TestGame.cs
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ using DaggerFramework.Rendering;
 using DaggerFramework.Audio;
 using DaggerFramework.Resources;
 using DaggerFramework.SceneGraph;
+using System.Text.Json;
+using System.Text.Json.Serialization;
 
 
 public class TestGame : Game
@@ -17,6 +19,8 @@ public class TestGame : Game
         _audioBackend = new FmodAudioBackend();
         _inputHandler = new RaylibInputHandler();
 
+        _resourceManager.AddResourceSaverAssociation(new SerializedSceneSaver());
+
         _renderer.CreateAndInitialize(new WindowSettings()
         {
             Title = "Test Game",
@@ -29,7 +33,13 @@ public class TestGame : Game
 
         _audioBackend.Initialize();
 
-        _scene = new Scene(_renderer, _inputHandler, _audioBackend, _resourceManager);
+        _scene = new Scene(new SceneSettings()
+        {
+            Renderer = _renderer,
+            AudioBackend = _audioBackend,
+            InputHandler = _inputHandler,
+            ResourceManager = _resourceManager
+        });
 
         _uiLayer = new UiLayer();
         _worldLayer = new EntityLayer();
@@ -71,6 +81,13 @@ public class TestGame : Game
 
         _scene.AddLayer("UI", _uiLayer!);
 
+        SerializedScene serializedScene;
+
+        if (_scene!.TrySerialize(out serializedScene))
+        {
+            _resourceManager.TrySave(Path.Combine(_resourceManager.ResourceRoot, "main.scene"), in serializedScene);
+        }
+
         _scene.Start();
     }
 
diff --git a/TestGame/TestPlayer.cs b/TestGame/TestPlayer.cs
index 95bf585..bb7dc1e 100644
--- a/TestGame/TestPlayer.cs
+++ b/TestGame/TestPlayer.cs
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ using DaggerFramework.Utils;
 
 public class TestPlayer : RectangleShape2d
 {
+    public float SprintSpeed { get; set; } = 400f;
     protected override void OnStart()
     {
         base.OnStart();
@@ -26,7 +27,7 @@ public class TestPlayer : RectangleShape2d
         base.OnUpdate(dt);
 
         var sprinting = Input.IsActionDown("sprint");
-        _speed = sprinting ? 400f : 200f;
+        _speed = sprinting ? SprintSpeed : 200f;
 
         var velocity = Input.GetInputDirection("left", "right", "up", "down") * _speed;
         Position += velocity * (float)dt;