public BoardManager {
	LevelData levelData;		//defined from editor, don't mutate
	BlockObject blockObjectMaster;	//defined from editor, don't mutate
	List<BlockObject> blockList;
	List<EntityObject> entityList;
	int strokes = 0;


	void Start() {
		blockList = InitBlockList(levelData);

	}

	List<BlockObject> InitBlockList(LevelData _levelData) {
		//reads LevelData.blockStates and returns a list of BlockObjects
		List<BlockObject> blockList = new List<BlockObject>();
		for (key in _levelData.blockStates) {
			blockList.Add(CreateBlockObject(key, _levelData.blockStates[key]));
		}
		return blockList;
	}

	BlockObject CreateBlockObject(BlockData _blockData, BlockState _blockState) {
		//creates and instantiates a new blockObject
		BlockObject blockObject = Instantiate(blockObjectMaster,Util.GridToReal(_blockState.pos));
		blockObject.Init(_blockData, _blockState);
		return blockObject;
	}

}

//dont mutate this
public LevelData {
	int par;					//defined from existing data
	String name;					//defined from existing data
	String creator;					//defined from existing data
	Dict<BlockData, BlockState> blockStates;	//defined from existing data
	Dict<EntityData, EntityState> entityStates;	//defined from existing data
}

public BlockObject : MonoBehaviour {
	BlockData blockData;
	BlockState blockState;

	Init(BlockData _blockData, BlockState blockState) {
		blockData = _blockData;
		blockState = _blockState;
		//code to change shape based on blockData and blockState
	}

	//functions to actually set and move the block around in here
}

public BlockData : ScriptableObject {
	int width;			//defined from existing data
	int height;			//defined from existing data
	BlockType blockType; 		//misc data structure to determine the type of block

	public BlockData(int _width, int _height, BlockType _blockType) {
		width = _width;
		height = _height;
		blockType = _blockType;
	}

	Vector2Int GetSize() {
		return new Vector2Int(width,height);
	}
}


public BlockState {
	Vector2Int pos;
	BlockStateEnum state;

	public BlockState(int _x, int _y) {
		pos = new Vector2Int(_x, _y);
		state = BlockStateEnum.DEFAULT;
	}
}