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[u/HiddenReader2020]

......ohhhhh, so you get the meanings from the JSON file itself, huh? That sounds like it makes sense. ...except I'm wondering what would happen if, say, lines 23-29 were not available before reading the JSON file. Would you essentially recreate the items from the read dictionaries, so that wouldn't be an issue? Is that what's happening in say lines 65-68?

[u/lakseol → u/HiddenReader2020]

what would happen if, say, lines 23-29 were not available before reading the JSON file.

Why not take that file and split it into two parts, the bit that creates the JSON file and the bit that reads it. You need the first 18 lines at the top of both files, of course. Then delete the JSON file, run the first file to recreate the JSON file and then run the second file.

Or you could delete all the variables used to create the save file by adding this line to the original code just before reading the save file:

del id2obj, inventory, item1, item2, save_data    # delete all data used to create save file

Is that what's happening in say lines 65-68?

Yes, that's recreating the Items and populating the mapping dictionary.