diff --git a/src/component/json.cpp b/src/component/json.cpp
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+++ b/src/component/json.cpp
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+#include <stdinc.hpp>
+#include "loader/component_loader.hpp"
+
+#include "scheduler.hpp"
+
+#include "game/scripting/event.hpp"
+#include "game/scripting/execution.hpp"
+#include "game/scripting/array.hpp"
+
+#include "gsc.hpp"
+#include "json.hpp"
+#include "scripting.hpp"
+
+#include <utils/io.hpp>
+
+namespace json
+{
+	namespace
+	{
+		std::unordered_set<unsigned int> dumped_objects;
+
+		nlohmann::json gsc_to_json(scripting::script_value value, bool print_id);
+
+		nlohmann::json array_to_json(const scripting::array& array, bool print_id)
+		{
+			nlohmann::json obj;
+
+			auto string_indexed = -1;
+			const auto keys = array.get_keys();
+			for (auto i = 0u; i < keys.size(); i++)
+			{
+				const auto is_int = keys[i].is<int>();
+				const auto is_string = keys[i].is<std::string>();
+
+				if (string_indexed == -1)
+				{
+					string_indexed = is_string;
+				}
+
+				if (!string_indexed && is_int)
+				{
+					const auto index = keys[i].as<int>();
+					obj[index] = gsc_to_json(array[index], print_id);
+				}
+				else if (string_indexed && is_string)
+				{
+					const auto key = keys[i].as<std::string>();
+					obj.emplace(key, gsc_to_json(array[key], print_id));
+				}
+			}
+
+			return obj;
+		}
+
+		nlohmann::json object_to_json(const scripting::object& object, bool print_id)
+		{
+			const auto id = object.get_entity_id();
+			if (dumped_objects.find(id) != dumped_objects.end())
+			{
+				return utils::string::va("[struct reference %i]", id);
+			}
+
+			dumped_objects.insert(id);
+			nlohmann::json obj;
+
+			if (print_id)
+			{
+				obj["__id"] = id;
+			}
+
+			const auto keys = object.get_keys();
+			for (const auto& key : keys)
+			{
+				if (key == "__id")
+				{
+					continue;
+				}
+
+				obj.emplace(key, gsc_to_json(object[key], print_id));
+			}
+
+			return obj;
+		}
+
+		nlohmann::json vector_to_array(const float* value)
+		{
+			nlohmann::json obj;
+			obj.push_back(value[0]);
+			obj.push_back(value[1]);
+			obj.push_back(value[2]);
+
+			return obj;
+		}
+
+		nlohmann::json gsc_to_json(scripting::script_value value, bool print_id)
+		{
+			const auto variable = value.get_raw();
+
+			if (value.is<int>())
+			{
+				return value.as<int>();
+			}
+
+			if (value.is<float>())
+			{
+				return value.as<float>();
+			}
+
+			if (value.is<std::string>())
+			{
+				return value.as<std::string>();
+			}
+
+			if (value.is<scripting::vector>())
+			{
+				return vector_to_array(variable.u.vectorValue);
+			}
+
+			if (value.is<scripting::object>())
+			{
+				return object_to_json(variable.u.uintValue, print_id);
+			}
+
+			if (value.is<scripting::array>())
+			{
+				return array_to_json(variable.u.uintValue, print_id);
+			}
+
+			if (value.is<scripting::entity>())
+			{
+				return object_to_json(variable.u.uintValue, print_id);
+			}
+
+			if (value.is<scripting::function>())
+			{
+				const auto function = value.as<scripting::function>();
+				return utils::string::va("[[ %s ]]", function.get_name().data());
+			}
+
+			if (variable.type == game::SCRIPT_NONE)
+			{
+				return {};
+			}
+
+			// TODO: scripting component, gsc is way different in BO1 than BO2 :/
+			if (variable.type == game::SCRIPT_CODEPOS)
+			{
+				// const auto function = scripting::find_function(variable.u.codePosValue);
+				return utils::string::va("[codepos]");
+			}
+
+			if (variable.type == game::SCRIPT_END)
+			{
+				// const auto function = scripting::find_function(variable.u.codePosValue);
+				return utils::string::va("[precodepos]");
+			}
+
+			return utils::string::va("[%s]", value.type_name().data());
+		}
+
+		scripting::script_value json_to_gsc(nlohmann::json obj)
+		{
+			const auto type = obj.type();
+
+			switch (type)
+			{
+			case (nlohmann::detail::value_t::number_integer):
+			case (nlohmann::detail::value_t::number_unsigned):
+				return obj.get<int>();
+			case (nlohmann::detail::value_t::number_float):
+				return obj.get<float>();
+			case (nlohmann::detail::value_t::string):
+				return obj.get<std::string>();
+			case (nlohmann::detail::value_t::array):
+			{
+				scripting::array array;
+
+				for (const auto& [key, value] : obj.items())
+				{
+					array.push(json_to_gsc(value));
+				}
+
+				return array.get_raw();
+			}
+			case (nlohmann::detail::value_t::object):
+			{
+				scripting::array array;
+
+				for (const auto& [key, value] : obj.items())
+				{
+					array[key] = json_to_gsc(value);
+				}
+
+				return array.get_raw();
+			}
+			}
+
+			return {};
+		}
+	}
+
+	std::string gsc_to_string(const scripting::script_value& value)
+	{
+		dumped_objects = {};
+		return gsc_to_json(value, false).dump();
+	}
+
+	class component final : public component_interface
+	{
+	public:
+		void post_unpack() override
+		{
+			gsc::function::add_multiple([](const scripting::variadic_args& va)
+            {
+                scripting::array array;
+
+				for (auto i = 0u; i < va.size(); i += 2)
+				{
+					if (i >= va.size() - 1)
+					{
+						continue;
+					}
+
+					const auto key = va[i].as<std::string>();
+					array[key] = va[i + 1];
+				}
+
+				return array;
+            }, "createmap", "json::create_map");
+
+			gsc::function::add_multiple([](const std::string json)
+			{
+				const auto obj = nlohmann::json::parse(json);
+				return json_to_gsc(obj);
+			}, "jsonparse", "json::parse");
+
+			gsc::function::add_multiple([](const scripting::script_value& value,
+				const scripting::variadic_args& va)
+			{
+				auto indent = -1;
+				auto print_id = false;
+
+				if (va.size() > 0)
+				{
+					indent = va[0].as<int>();
+				}
+
+				if (va.size() > 1)
+				{
+					print_id = va[1].as<bool>();
+				}
+
+				dumped_objects = {};
+				return gsc_to_json(value, print_id).dump(indent).substr(0, 0x5000);
+			}, "jsonserialize", "json::serialize");
+
+			gsc::function::add_multiple([](std::string file, const scripting::script_value value,
+				const scripting::variadic_args& va)
+			{
+				auto indent = -1;
+				auto print_id = false;
+
+				if (!file.ends_with(".json"))
+				{
+					file.append(".json");
+				}
+
+				if (va.size() > 0)
+				{
+					indent = va[0].as<int>();
+				}
+
+				if (va.size() > 1)
+				{
+					print_id = va[1].as<bool>();
+				}
+
+				dumped_objects = {};
+				return utils::io::write_file(file, gsc_to_json(value, print_id).dump(indent));
+			}, "jsondump", "json::dump");
+		}
+	};
+}
+
+REGISTER_COMPONENT(json::component)
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diff --git a/src/component/json.hpp b/src/component/json.hpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2c07f88
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/component/json.hpp
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+#pragma once
+
+namespace json
+{
+	std::string gsc_to_string(const scripting::script_value& _value);
+}