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+// & declares a key pointing to object instantiated by that declaration (in this case, we're using integers in hex)
+// keys are NOT indices - ultimately they should be ingested as keys to a dictionary containing each object in the Neutrino file
+// * gets a reference to a key's object (Neutrino will try to preserve this reference in the target software whenever possible)
+// # gets a copy of a key's object (Neutrino will simply replace this reference with a copy of its value - this is simply to consolidate repetitive data in-exchange)
+
+// scene graph
+scene {
+    &0: object {
+        name: string = "SM_LargeWindow_A",
+        mesh: mesh =  *2,
+        transform: trans = {
+            position: vec3 = #8,
+            rotation: vec3 = #8,
+            scale: vec3 = #9,
+        }
+    },
+    &1: object {
+        name: string = "SM_LargeWindow_A2",
+        mesh: mesh =  *2,
+        transform: trans = *3
+    }
+},
+
+// assets
+assets {
+    &2: mesh {
+        source: path = "/Assets/Props/LargeWindowA.obj",
+        materials: [mat] = [*4]
+    },
+    &3: trans {
+        position: vec3 = #8,
+        rotation: vec3 = #8,
+        scale: vec3 = #9
+    },
+    &4: mat {
+        name: string = "Simple Glass",
+        parent: shader = *7,
+        // "shader.props" is a subtype of the "shader" type, which is just a namespace that keeps it from being mixed up with other "props" subtypes (like "mesh.props", etc.)
+        parameters: shader.props = {
+            albedo: tex = *6,
+            roughness: float = 0.15,
+            normal: vec4 = #a
+        }
+    },
+    &5: mat {
+        name: string = "Blockout Grey",
+        parent: shader = *7,
+        parameters: shader.props = {
+            albedo: vec4 = (0.5, 0.5, 0.5, 1.0),
+            roughness: float = 0.85,
+            normal: vec4 = #a
+        }
+    },
+    &6: tex {
+        source: path = "/Assets/Textures/T_WindowGrime.png"
+    },
+    &7: shader {
+        source: path = "/Assets/Shaders/PBRBasic.wgsl"
+    }
+}
+
+// objects shared by multiple other objects - optimization, essentially
+shared {
+    // this vector is common as a position or rotation value
+    &8: vec3 = (0.0, 0.0, 0.0),
+    // this vector is common as a scale value
+    &9: vec3 = (1.0, 1.0, 1.0),
+    // this vector is common as a normal value
+    &a: vec4 = (0.5, 0.5, 1.0, 1.0)
+}
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