[Feature Request]: Centralized Resource Management

[Andrew Dey]

Origins of the Feature

FastJ currently carries references and copies of resources everywhere in its code, with no real sense of structure or central idea driving the efficient storage of resources.

The New Feature Idea(s)

The following tasks should be completed:

• Create a ResourceManager class that can be used to load/unload/store resources of any type (possibly within some restriction?)
• Consider alternative image resource handling in Sprite2D rather than raw images, for future use with hot reloading of resources (spritesheets are still needed)
• Explore usage of the resource manager in aspects of FastJ (such as #108)

This issue will begin its development alongside #108. If it works well, it will be expanded to the rest of the engine.

Alternatives

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