so we fixed up some bugs and restructured the level editor. master fiel.

level_editor/object_attributes.lua

@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ function get(folder)
 end
 
 function getAllAssets()
+	local properties = TSerial.unpack(love.filesystem.read("assets.prop") or "{}")
 	local objectnames = {}
 	local topFolder = "art"
 	local files = love.filesystem.getDirectoryItems(topFolder)
@@ -15,29 +16,33 @@ function getAllAssets()
 			-- we ignore directories which are prepended w/ an underscore
 			if not string.find(folder, "%.") then
 				objectnames[folder] = {}
-				love.filesystem.createDirectory("art/" .. folder)
+				-- love.filesystem.createDirectory("art/" .. folder)
 				-- this is a folder, probably
 				local newFiles = love.filesystem.getDirectoryItems(topFolder .. "/" .. folder)
 				for _, fileToAnalyze in pairs(newFiles) do
 					if fileToAnalyze:find("_r.png") or fileToAnalyze:find("_g.png") or fileToAnalyze:find("_b.png")then
 						local color
-
 						if fileToAnalyze:find("_r.png") then color = "red"
 						elseif fileToAnalyze:find("_g.png") then color = "green"
 						elseif fileToAnalyze:find("_b.png") then color = "blue" end
 
 						local name = fileToAnalyze:sub(1, fileToAnalyze:len() - 6)
-						if not objectnames[folder][name] then 
-							objectnames[folder][name] = {}
+
+						if not properties[name] then 
+							properties[name] = {}
+							properties[name].directory = folder
+							properties[name].sprites = {}
+							properties[name].class = "unmoveable"
+							properties[name].preload = false
 						end
-						objectnames[folder][name][color] = topFolder .. "/" .. folder .. "/" .. fileToAnalyze
+						properties[name].sprites[color] = topFolder .. "/" .. folder .. "/" .. fileToAnalyze
 					end
 				end
 			end
 		end
 	end
 
-	str = TSerial.pack(objectnames, nil, true)
-	love.filesystem.write("great.sav", str)
-	return objectnames
+	str = TSerial.pack(properties, nil, true)
+	love.filesystem.write("assets.prop", str)
+	return properties
 end