diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 79c46e4..56111a8 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -120,6 +120,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "rustc-demangle",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "bincode"
+version = "1.3.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "b1f45e9417d87227c7a56d22e471c6206462cba514c7590c09aff4cf6d1ddcad"
+dependencies = [
+ "serde",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "bitflags"
 version = "1.3.2"
@@ -170,9 +179,9 @@ checksum = "a3e2c3daef883ecc1b5d58c15adae93470a91d425f3532ba1695849656af3fc1"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "bytemuck"
-version = "1.13.1"
+version = "1.14.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "17febce684fd15d89027105661fec94afb475cb995fbc59d2865198446ba2eea"
+checksum = "374d28ec25809ee0e23827c2ab573d729e293f281dfe393500e7ad618baa61c6"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "byteorder"
@@ -826,6 +835,7 @@ checksum = "2c6201b9ff9fd90a5a3bac2e56a830d0caa509576f0e503818ee82c181b3437a"
 dependencies = [
  "ahash 0.8.3",
  "allocator-api2",
+ "serde",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1015,6 +1025,7 @@ name = "kubi-shared"
 version = "0.0.0"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
+ "bincode",
  "bracket-noise",
  "glam",
  "hashbrown 0.14.0",
diff --git a/kubi-shared/Cargo.toml b/kubi-shared/Cargo.toml
index eb023fe..61c2cc6 100644
--- a/kubi-shared/Cargo.toml
+++ b/kubi-shared/Cargo.toml
@@ -10,13 +10,17 @@ shipyard = { git = "https://github.com/leudz/shipyard", rev = "0934b426eb9a8", d
 strum = { version = "0.25", features = ["derive"] }
 postcard = { version = "1.0", features = ["alloc"] }
 serde = { version = "1.0", default-features = false, features = ["alloc", "derive"] }
+bincode = "1.3"
 anyhow = "1.0"
 bracket-noise = "0.8"
 rand = { version = "0.8", default_features = false, features = ["std", "min_const_gen"] }
 rand_xoshiro = "0.6"
-hashbrown = "0.14"
+hashbrown = { version = "0.14", features = ["serde"] }
 nohash-hasher = "0.2"
 
+#bytemuck = { version = "1.14", features = ["derive"] }
+#static_assertions = "1.1"
+
 [features]
 default = []
 nightly = ["hashbrown/nightly", "rand/nightly", "rand/simd_support", "glam/core-simd"]
diff --git a/kubi-shared/src/chunk.rs b/kubi-shared/src/chunk.rs
index 3456db5..70785b0 100644
--- a/kubi-shared/src/chunk.rs
+++ b/kubi-shared/src/chunk.rs
@@ -2,3 +2,4 @@ use crate::block::Block;
 
 pub const CHUNK_SIZE: usize = 32;
 pub type BlockData = Box<[[[Block; CHUNK_SIZE]; CHUNK_SIZE]; CHUNK_SIZE]>;
+pub type BlockDataRef = [[[Block; CHUNK_SIZE]; CHUNK_SIZE]; CHUNK_SIZE];
diff --git a/kubi-shared/src/data.rs b/kubi-shared/src/data.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..45c41e9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kubi-shared/src/data.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,91 @@
+use std::{
+  fs::File,
+  mem::size_of,
+  io::{Read, Seek, SeekFrom, Write},
+  borrow::Cow
+};
+use serde::{Serialize, Deserialize};
+use glam::IVec2;
+use hashbrown::HashMap;
+use anyhow::Result;
+use crate::{block::Block, chunk::{CHUNK_SIZE, BlockDataRef}};
+
+const SECTOR_SIZE: usize = CHUNK_SIZE * CHUNK_SIZE * CHUNK_SIZE * size_of::<Block>();
+const RESERVED_SIZE: usize = 524288; //512kb (16 sectors assuming 32x32x32 world of 1byte blocks)
+const RESERVED_SECTOR_COUNT: usize = RESERVED_SIZE / SECTOR_SIZE;
+
+
+// #[repr(transparent)]
+// struct IVec2Hash(IVec2);
+#[derive(Serialize, Deserialize)]
+struct WorldSaveDataHeader {
+  pub name: Cow<'static, str>,
+  pub seed: u64,
+  sector_count: u32,
+  chunk_map: HashMap<IVec2, u32>
+}
+
+impl Default for WorldSaveDataHeader {
+  fn default() -> Self {
+    Self {
+      name: "World".into(),
+      seed: 0,
+      sector_count: RESERVED_SECTOR_COUNT as u32,
+      chunk_map: HashMap::new()
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+struct WorldSaveFile {
+  pub file: File,
+  pub header: WorldSaveDataHeader,
+}
+
+impl WorldSaveFile {
+  pub fn new(file: File) -> Self {
+    WorldSaveFile {
+      file,
+      header: WorldSaveDataHeader::default()
+    }
+  }
+
+  fn read_header(&mut self) -> Result<()> {
+    self.file.rewind()?;
+    self.header = bincode::deserialize_from((&self.file).take(RESERVED_SIZE as u64))?;
+    Ok(())
+  }
+
+  fn write_header(&mut self) -> Result<()> {
+    self.file.rewind()?;
+    ///XXX: this can cause the header to destroy chunk data (if it's WAY too long)
+    bincode::serialize_into(&self.file, &self.header)?;
+    Ok(())
+  }
+
+  fn allocate_sector(&mut self) -> u32 {
+    let value = self.header.sector_count + 1;
+    self.header.sector_count += 1;
+    value
+  }
+
+  pub fn save_chunk(&mut self, position: IVec2, data: &BlockDataRef) -> Result<()> {
+    let mut header_modified = false;
+    let sector = self.header.chunk_map.get(&position).copied().unwrap_or_else(|| {
+      header_modified = true;
+      self.allocate_sector()
+    });
+
+    let offset = sector as u64 * SECTOR_SIZE as u64;
+    //SAFETY: *nuzzles* t-t-twust me pwease OwO
+    let data: &[u8; SECTOR_SIZE] = unsafe { std::mem::transmute(data) };
+
+    self.file.seek(SeekFrom::Start(offset))?;
+    self.file.write_all(data)?;
+
+    if header_modified {
+      self.write_header()?;
+    }
+    self.file.sync_data()?;
+    Ok(())
+  }
+}
diff --git a/kubi-shared/src/lib.rs b/kubi-shared/src/lib.rs
index 10ea49c..d1c2c0a 100644
--- a/kubi-shared/src/lib.rs
+++ b/kubi-shared/src/lib.rs
@@ -6,3 +6,4 @@ pub mod transform;
 pub mod entity;
 pub mod player;
 pub mod queue;
+pub mod data;