namespace tslife
    {
        partial class game
        {


        world[] game_intro = _read_world<world>("intro");

        //** other code **//

        public void update()
        {
            //crashes: System.NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object
            Console.WriteLine(game_intro[0].data.Text);

        }

        private static T[] _read_world<T>(string level){

            var json_data = string.Empty;
            string st = "";
            try
            {
                var stream = File.OpenText("Application/story/"+level+".json");
                //Read the file
                st = stream.ReadToEnd();
            }catch(SystemException e){}
            json_data = st;

            //Console.WriteLine(json_data);
            // if string with JSON data is not empty, deserialize it to class and return its instance
            T[] dataObject = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<T[]>(json_data);
            return dataObject;
          }
    }
}



public class worldData {
  public string Text { get; set; }
  public string Icon { get; set; }
  public int sectionID { get; set; }
}

public class world
{
    public worldData data;
}

[{
    "world":
        {
            "Text":"Hi",
            "Icon":"image01.png",
            "sectionID": 0
        }
},
{
    "world":
        {
            "Text":"Hey",
            "Icon":"image02.png",
            "sectionID": 1
        }
}
]