From 8e11460655fdf4623c50d74e2f861fb547a80717 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Toasterkitten <owen@ericfeldman.com>
Date: Wed, 24 Jun 2026 18:22:04 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] loading SAVES!

---
 untitled/app.py         | 29 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++---
 untitled/persistence.py |  5 +++++
 2 files changed, 31 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/untitled/app.py b/untitled/app.py
index fd3370c..c526381 100644
--- a/untitled/app.py
+++ b/untitled/app.py
@@ -14,6 +14,10 @@ class App:
             return
         screens.house(self.save)
 
+    def enter_save(self, save):
+        self.save = save
+        self.game()
+
     def run(self):
         # Intro
         if not self.debug:
@@ -24,7 +28,8 @@ class App:
         # Main Menu
         while True:  # forEVER!... forEVER!... forEVER!... forEVER!...
             match ui.select(
-                f"Welcome to {content.GAME_NAME}!", ["New Game", "Credits", "Exit"]
+                f"Welcome to {content.GAME_NAME}!",
+                ["New Game", "Load Game", "Credits", "Exit"],
             ):
                 case "Exit":  # :(
                     print("bye.")
@@ -48,5 +53,23 @@ class App:
                     print("Saving...")
                     persistence.save(save)
                     print("Save complete.")
-                    self.save = save
-                    self.game()
+                    self.enter_save(save)
+                case "Load Game":
+                    saves = persistence.list_saves()
+                    if not saves:
+                        print("You have no savefiles available to load.")
+                        continue
+                    save_name = ui.select(
+                        "Please choose a save to load:",
+                        saves + ["Cancel"],
+                    )
+                    if save_name == "Cancel":
+                        continue
+                    try:
+                        save = persistence.load(save_name)
+                    except persistence.json.JSONDecodeError:
+                        print(
+                            "There was an error loading your savefile, it may be corrupt :("
+                        )
+                        continue
+                    self.enter_save(save)
diff --git a/untitled/persistence.py b/untitled/persistence.py
index d3d1c19..61d5759 100644
--- a/untitled/persistence.py
+++ b/untitled/persistence.py
@@ -30,3 +30,8 @@ def load(name, folder=None):
     save = model.Save.from_dict(data)
 
     return save
+
+
+def list_saves(folder=None):
+    folder = folder or SAVE_FOLDER
+    return [save.stem for save in folder.glob("*.kitten")]