diff --git a/items/test_item.tres b/items/test_item.tres
index e8800e9..fa87acf 100644
--- a/items/test_item.tres
+++ b/items/test_item.tres
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 [resource]
 script = ExtResource("1_s7nhb")
 name = "Test Item"
+description = "This is an debug item"
 min_price = 10.0
 max_price = 100.0
 stack_size = 5
diff --git a/scripts/game.gd b/scripts/game.gd
index 319929b..971e190 100644
--- a/scripts/game.gd
+++ b/scripts/game.gd
@@ -2,7 +2,11 @@ extends Node
 
 class_name Game
 
-enum ITEM_TYPE {VALUABLE, WEAPON, MODULE}
+enum ITEM_TYPE {VALUABLE, WEAPON, MODULE, AMMUNITION}
+enum AMMO_TYPE {NULL, LASER_ENERGY, ROCKETS}
+
+const DEFAULT_ITEM = preload("res://items/test_item.tres")
+const DEFAULT_WEAPON = preload("res://scenes/weapons/presets/SingleLaserMk1.tscn")
 
 static var gameversion = "Ictar 1.1"
 
@@ -62,3 +66,21 @@ static func profile_load(profile_name):
 		print(meta, ": ", profile_meta[meta])
 		print(profile_meta[meta].keys())
 	return profile_meta
+
+static func get_item(id : String):
+	var path_name = id.to_lower().replace(" ", "_")
+	var path = "res://items/{name}.tres".format({"name": path_name})
+	var res = load(path)
+	if res != null:
+		return res.duplicate()
+	else:
+		return DEFAULT_ITEM.duplicate()
+
+static func get_weapon(id : String):
+	var path_name = id.replace(" ", "")
+	var path = "res://weapons/presets/{name}.tscn".format({"name": path_name})
+	var res = load(path)
+	if res != null:
+		return res
+	else:
+		return DEFAULT_WEAPON
diff --git a/scripts/item.gd b/scripts/item.gd
index 9d17696..951ea8d 100644
--- a/scripts/item.gd
+++ b/scripts/item.gd
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ extends Resource
 class_name Item
 
 @export var name : String
+@export var description : String
 @export var min_price : float
 @export var max_price : float
 @export var stack_size : int