diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 5481898..f142eba 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -4446,6 +4446,20 @@ version = "1.1.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "19b30a45b0cd0bcca8037f3d0dc3421eaf95327a17cad11964fb8179b4fc4832"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "resources"
+version = "0.1.0"
+dependencies = [
+ "asset_loader",
+ "bevy",
+ "bevy_asset_loader",
+ "ron",
+ "serde",
+ "serde_json",
+ "shared",
+ "world_generation",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "rgb"
 version = "0.8.47"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 5b959d4..b69da53 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ members = [
 	"game/buildings",
 	"game/shared",
     "engine/world_generation",
-	"engine/asset_loader", "game/buildings", "game/shared", "game/units", "engine/data"]
+	"engine/asset_loader", "game/buildings", "game/shared", "game/units", "engine/data", "game/resources"]
 
 # Enable a small amount of optimization in debug mode
 [profile.dev]
diff --git a/game/resources/Cargo.toml b/game/resources/Cargo.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2343b16
--- /dev/null
+++ b/game/resources/Cargo.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+[package]
+name = "resources"
+version = "0.1.0"
+edition = "2021"
+
+[dependencies]
+bevy = "0.14.2"
+world_generation = { path = "../../engine/world_generation" }
+shared = { path = "../shared" }
+serde = { version = "1.0.204", features = ["derive"] }
+asset_loader = { path = "../../engine/asset_loader" }
+serde_json = "1.0.120"
+ron = "0.8.1"
+bevy_asset_loader = { version = "0.21.0", features = [
+	"standard_dynamic_assets",
+	"3d",
+] }
+
+[features]
+tracing = []
diff --git a/game/resources/src/lib.rs b/game/resources/src/lib.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e662fd8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/game/resources/src/lib.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+pub mod resource_asset;
+
+pub fn add(left: usize, right: usize) -> usize {
+	left + right
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+	use super::*;
+
+	#[test]
+	fn it_works() {
+		let result = add(2, 2);
+		assert_eq!(result, 4);
+	}
+}
diff --git a/game/resources/src/resource_asset.rs b/game/resources/src/resource_asset.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..45e35c4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/game/resources/src/resource_asset.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+use asset_loader::create_asset_loader;
+use bevy::prelude::*;
+use bevy_asset_loader::asset_collection::AssetCollection;
+use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
+use shared::Tier;
+
+#[derive(Asset, TypePath, Debug, Serialize, Deserialize)]
+pub struct ResourceAsset {
+	pub identifier: String,
+	pub name: String,
+	pub description: String,
+	pub sprite_id: usize,
+	pub tier: Tier,
+}
+
+create_asset_loader!(
+	ResourceAssetPlugin,
+	ResourceAssetLoader,
+	ResourceAsset,
+	&["res", "res.ron"],
+	;?
+);
+
+#[derive(Resource, AssetCollection)]
+pub struct ResourceDatabase {
+	#[asset(key = "resources", collection(typed))]
+	pub units: Vec<Handle<ResourceAsset>>,
+}
+
+impl ResourceDatabase {
+	pub fn create_lookup(&self, assets: &Assets<ResourceAsset>) -> ResourceLookup {
+		let mut identifiers = Vec::with_capacity(self.units.len());
+		for handle in &self.units {
+			if let Some(asset) = assets.get(handle.id()) {
+				identifiers.push(asset.identifier.clone());
+			}
+		}
+		return ResourceLookup {
+			handles: self.units.clone(),
+			identifiers,
+		};
+	}
+}
+
+#[derive(Resource)]
+pub struct ResourceLookup {
+	pub handles: Vec<Handle<ResourceAsset>>,
+	pub identifiers: Vec<String>,
+}
diff --git a/game/shared/src/lib.rs b/game/shared/src/lib.rs
index 2c2f7cf..b2f1167 100644
--- a/game/shared/src/lib.rs
+++ b/game/shared/src/lib.rs
@@ -1,8 +1,19 @@
+use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
+
 pub mod building;
 pub mod despawn;
+pub mod events;
 pub mod identifiers;
+pub mod resources;
+pub mod sets;
 pub mod states;
 pub mod tags;
-pub mod events;
-pub mod sets;
-pub mod resources;
+
+#[derive(Debug, Serialize, Deserialize)]
+pub enum Tier {
+	Zero,
+	One,
+	Two,
+	Three,
+	Superior,
+}