waited far too long for an initial commit but here we are

Scripts/Resources/player_profile.gd

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+extends Resource
+class_name PlayerProfile
+
+signal display_name_changed(old_name, new_name)
+signal preferred_class_changed(old_class, new_class)
+
+const SAVE_PATH := "user://profile.tres"
+
+@export var display_name := "Charlie"
+@export var preferred_class := 0
+
+func to_dict() -> Dictionary:
+	var dict = {}
+	dict["display_name"] = display_name
+	dict["preferred_class"] = preferred_class
+	return dict
+static func from_dict(dict) -> PlayerProfile:
+	var output = PlayerProfile.new()
+	output.display_name = dict["display_name"]
+	output.preferred_class = dict["preferred_class"]
+	return output
+
+func set_display_name(new_display_name):
+	if new_display_name == display_name:
+		return
+	var old_name = display_name
+	display_name = new_display_name
+	save_profile_to_disk()
+	display_name_changed.emit(old_name, display_name)
+func get_display_name() -> String:
+	return display_name
+
+func set_preferred_class(new_preferred_class):
+	if new_preferred_class == preferred_class:
+		return
+	var old_class = preferred_class
+	preferred_class = new_preferred_class
+	preferred_class_changed.emit(old_class, preferred_class)
+func get_preferred_class() -> int:
+	return preferred_class
+
+func save_profile_to_disk():
+	ResourceSaver.save(self, SAVE_PATH)
+static func load_profile_from_disk() -> PlayerProfile:
+	if ResourceLoader.exists(SAVE_PATH):
+		return ResourceLoader.load(SAVE_PATH)
+	return PlayerProfile.new()