diff --git a/conf/README.md b/conf/README.md
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+game configuration goes here
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diff --git a/conf/init.json b/conf/init.json
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+++ b/conf/init.json
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+{
+}
diff --git a/data/README.md b/data/README.md
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+game data goes here
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diff --git a/engine/__init__.py b/engine/__init__.py
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+import data
+import config
+import screen
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diff --git a/engine/config.py b/engine/config.py
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+++ b/engine/config.py
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+import json
+from collections import UserDict
+import os
+import sys
+import data
+
+class SettingsLoader(UserDict):
+    def __init__(self: object, file: str) -> None:
+        self.data = {}
+        self.load_settings_file(file)
+
+    def load_settings_file(self: object, file: str) -> None:
+        ext = os.path.splitext(file)[1]
+        with data.open('conf', file) as fd:
+            if ext == '.json':
+                self.data.extend(json.load(fd))
+            else:
+                raise ValueError("Cannot open this type of settings file")
+
+class SettingsReadOnly(SettingsLoader):
+    pass
+
+class SettingsMutable(SettingsLoader):
+    pass
+
+class SettingsWritable(SettingsMutable):
+    pass
+
+init = SettingsWritable('init.json')
diff --git a/engine/data.py b/engine/data.py
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+++ b/engine/data.py
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+import os
+import sys
+
+g_pp = None
+def program_path() -> str:
+    global g_pp
+
+    if g_pp == None:
+        g_pp = os.path.abspath(os.path.split(sys.argv[0])[0])
+    
+    return g_pp
+
+def open(vault: str, path: str) -> object:
+    fp = os.path.join(program_path(), vault, path)
+    with open(fp, 'r') as fd:
+        return fd.read()
+    
diff --git a/engine/screen.py b/engine/screen.py
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+++ b/engine/screen.py
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+import pyglet
+from . import config
+
+def auto_res(res) -> list:
+    return res    
+
+def init_window() -> None:
+    res = [config.init.get('width'), config.init.get('height')]
+    fs = config.init.get('fullscreen')
+    borderless = config.init.get('borderless')
+    scaling = config.init.get('scaling')
+
+    if fs and not borderless:
+        # real fullscreen mode is requested
+        # that means we need to carefully select
+        # an available resolution
+        pass
+
+    
+
+    pyglet.window.Window()
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diff --git a/pyglet_demo.py b/pyglet_demo.py
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+++ b/pyglet_demo.py
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+import pyglet
+
+pyglet.window
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diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
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