Add ability to save data to file and load it back

.gitignore

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+*.json

README.md

@@ -4,3 +4,6 @@ Tooling for running a campaign of Ticket to Ride Legacy: Legends of the West wit
 ### Components
 * `data-generator.py` contains models to generate data for a campaign
   * currently, only generates a Circus instance
+
+### Requirements
+* Python library `jsonpickle`

data-generator.py

@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 # Generation of data for a campaign of Ticket to Ride Legacy Legends of the West
 
 # Imports
+import os
 import random
+import jsonpickle
 
 # Class for Circus: list of <number> wagons, of the 5 colors
 class Circus:
@@ -25,8 +27,33 @@ class Circus:
       self.wagons.append(color)
       remaining[color] = remaining[color] - 1
 
-  #def next(): # returns next color (i.e., color that the player will get it they use circus)
+class Game:
 
-myCircus = Circus(3)
+  # initGame() is used to generate all data for a campaign and initialize status variables
+  def initGame(self, playersNb):
+    self.circusList = Circus(playersNb)
+    # Mama O'Connell
+    # Treasures
+    # Concessions
+    self.circusState = 0 # 0 means Circus is not used in game yet, 1 means next wagon in list is #1, and so on
+    self.year = 1858
 
-print(myCircus.wagons)
+  def saveData(self):
+    savefile = open('./savefile.json', 'w+')
+    savefile.write(jsonpickle.encode(self))
+    savefile.close()
+
+def loadData():
+  with open('./savefile.json', 'r') as savefile:
+    content = savefile.read()
+  data = jsonpickle.decode(content)
+  return data
+
+# Test of data generation
+playersNb = 3
+# myGame = Game()
+# myGame.initGame(playersNb)
+# myGame.saveData()
+myGame = loadData()
+print(myGame.year)
+print(myGame.circusList.wagons)