diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index d500511..f089ae4 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ runtime_lib = library('vyrt',
   # Project Sources
   'src/runtime/aio.h',
   'src/runtime/app.h',
+  'src/runtime/asset_dependencies.h',
   'src/runtime/assets.h',
   'src/runtime/buffer_manager.h',
   'src/runtime/config.h',
@@ -65,6 +66,7 @@ runtime_lib = library('vyrt',
   
   'src/runtime/aio.c',
   'src/runtime/app.c',
+  'src/runtime/asset_dependencies.c',
   'src/runtime/buffer_manager.c',
   'src/runtime/config.c',
   'src/runtime/error_report.c',
diff --git a/src/runtime/aio.c b/src/runtime/aio.c
index e48a119..5a8732b 100644
--- a/src/runtime/aio.c
+++ b/src/runtime/aio.c
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 #include "aio.h"
 #include "threading.h"
+#include "config.h"
 
 #ifdef _WIN32
 #define WIN32_LEAN_AND_MEAN
@@ -102,7 +103,12 @@ win32CompletionRoutine(DWORD error_code, DWORD num_bytes_transfered, LPOVERLAPPE
 }
 #endif
 
-VY_DLLEXPORT vy_result vyInitAIO(unsigned int max_concurrent_operations) {
+VY_CVAR_I(rt_MaxConcurrentAsyncIO,
+          "Maximum number of concurrent async. I/O operations. Default: 1024",
+          1024);
+
+vy_result InitAIO(void) {
+    unsigned int max_concurrent_operations = rt_MaxConcurrentAsyncIO.i;
     _ringbuffer.guard = vyCreateMutex();
     if (!_ringbuffer.guard) {
         return VY_AIO_OUT_OF_MEMORY;
@@ -119,7 +125,7 @@ VY_DLLEXPORT vy_result vyInitAIO(unsigned int max_concurrent_operations) {
     return VY_SUCCESS;
 }
 
-VY_DLLEXPORT void vyShutdownAIO(void) {
+void ShutdownAIO(void) {
     vyDestroyMutex(_ringbuffer.guard);
     free(_ringbuffer.storage);
     _ringbuffer.capacity = 0;
@@ -154,7 +160,6 @@ VY_DLLEXPORT vy_result vySubmitLoadBatch(const vy_load_batch *batch, vy_aio_hand
             .InternalHigh = 0,
             .Offset       = (DWORD)(batch->loads[i].offset & MAXDWORD),
             .OffsetHigh   = (DWORD)(batch->loads[i].offset >> 32),
-            .Pointer      = NULL,
         };
 
         WCHAR wpath[MAX_PATH];
@@ -255,4 +260,21 @@ VY_DLLEXPORT vy_aio_state vyWaitForAIOCompletion(vy_aio_handle handle) {
 #endif
     } while (state == VY_AIO_STATE_PENDING);
     return state;
+}
+
+
+VY_DLLEXPORT vy_result vySubmitSingleLoad(vy_file_load load, vy_aio_handle *handle) {
+    vy_load_batch batch;
+    batch.loads[0] = load;
+    batch.num_loads = 1;
+    return vySubmitLoadBatch(&batch, handle);
+}
+
+VY_DLLEXPORT vy_aio_state vySubmitSingleLoadSync(vy_file_load load) {
+    vy_aio_handle handle;
+    if (vySubmitSingleLoad(load, &handle) != VY_SUCCESS)
+        return VY_AIO_STATE_FAILED;
+    vy_aio_state state = vyWaitForAIOCompletion(handle);
+    vyReleaseAIO(handle);
+    return state;
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/runtime/aio.h b/src/runtime/aio.h
index dc7b821..a481d22 100644
--- a/src/runtime/aio.h
+++ b/src/runtime/aio.h
@@ -47,14 +47,12 @@ typedef enum {
     VY_AIO_STATE_FAILED,
 } vy_aio_state;
 
-VY_DLLEXPORT vy_result vyInitAIO(unsigned int max_concurrent_operations);
-
-VY_DLLEXPORT void vyShutdownAIO(void);
-
 VY_DLLEXPORT vy_result vySubmitLoadBatch(const vy_load_batch *batch, vy_aio_handle *handles);
 
 VY_DLLEXPORT volatile vy_aio_state vyGetAIOState(vy_aio_handle handle);
 
+/* Blocks until the given operation is no longer pending.
+ * Returns the state that caused the wait to end. The handle is still valid after this function returned. */
 VY_DLLEXPORT vy_aio_state vyWaitForAIOCompletion(vy_aio_handle handle);
 
 /* Releases the internal storage for the operation.
@@ -62,5 +60,10 @@ VY_DLLEXPORT vy_aio_state vyWaitForAIOCompletion(vy_aio_handle handle);
  */
 VY_DLLEXPORT void vyReleaseAIO(vy_aio_handle handle);
 
+VY_DLLEXPORT vy_result vySubmitSingleLoad(vy_file_load load, vy_aio_handle *handle);
+
+/* Convenience wrapper for a single synchronous file load.
+ * Returns the state that caused the wait for completion to return. */
+VY_DLLEXPORT vy_aio_state vySubmitSingleLoadSync(vy_file_load load);
 
 #endif
diff --git a/src/runtime/asset_dependencies.c b/src/runtime/asset_dependencies.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..58bd341
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/runtime/asset_dependencies.c
@@ -0,0 +1,137 @@
+#define VY_DEFINE_DEPENDENCY_FILE_STRUCTURES
+#include "asset_dependencies.h"
+
+#include "aio.h"
+#include "buffer_manager.h"
+
+#include <assert.h>
+#include <stdbool.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <string.h>
+
+typedef struct {
+    uint32_t begin;
+    uint32_t count;
+} vy_dep_list;
+
+typedef struct {
+    vy_uid *uids;
+    vy_dep_list *lists;
+    uint32_t capacity;
+} vy_dep_map;
+
+static vy_dep_map _map;
+static vy_uid *_list_mem;
+
+vy_result LoadAssetDependencies(void) {
+    vy_dependency_file_header header;
+    vy_file_id fid = vyAddFile("assets/deps.bin");
+
+    if (vySubmitSingleLoadSync((vy_file_load){.dest      = &header,
+                                              .num_bytes = sizeof(header),
+                                              .offset    = 0,
+                                              .file      = fid}) != VY_AIO_STATE_FINISHED) {
+        vyReportError("core", "Failed to load deps.bin");
+        return VY_UNKNOWN_ERROR;
+    }
+    void *buffer = vyAllocBuffer(header.data_size);
+    if (vySubmitSingleLoadSync((vy_file_load){.dest      = buffer,
+                                              .num_bytes = header.data_size,
+                                              .offset    = sizeof(header),
+                                              .file      = fid}) != VY_AIO_STATE_FINISHED) {
+        vyReportError("core", "Failed to load deps.bin");
+        return VY_UNKNOWN_ERROR;
+    }
+
+    /* We know the exact number of list entries */
+    uint64_t total_list_entries =
+        (header.data_size - header.num_lists * sizeof(vy_dependency_file_list_header)) /
+        sizeof(vy_uid);
+    _list_mem = malloc(total_list_entries * sizeof(vy_uid));
+    if (!_list_mem) {
+        vyReleaseBuffer(buffer, header.data_size);
+        vyReportError("core", "Failed to allocate dependency list storage.");
+        return VY_UNKNOWN_ERROR;
+    }
+
+    _map.capacity = vyNextPowerOfTwo32(header.num_lists);
+    _map.uids     = calloc(_map.capacity, sizeof(vy_uid));
+    if (!_map.uids) {
+        free(_list_mem);
+        vyReleaseBuffer(buffer, header.data_size);
+        vyReportError("core", "Failed to allocate dependency list storage.");
+        return VY_UNKNOWN_ERROR;
+    }
+
+    _map.lists = calloc(_map.capacity, sizeof(vy_dep_list));
+    if (!_map.uids) {
+        free(_list_mem);
+        free(_map.uids);
+        vyReleaseBuffer(buffer, header.data_size);
+        vyReportError("core", "Failed to allocate dependency list storage.");
+        return VY_UNKNOWN_ERROR;
+    }
+
+    uint32_t storage_at = 0;
+
+    vy_dependency_file_list_header *list = buffer;
+    for (uint32_t i = 0; i < header.num_lists; ++i) {
+        const vy_uid *entries = (vy_uid *)(list + 1);
+
+        /* Validate the checksum */
+        XXH64_hash_t file_hash = XXH64_hashFromCanonical(&list->checksum);
+        XXH64_hash_t calc_hash = XXH3_64bits(entries, sizeof(vy_uid) * list->num_entries);
+        if (file_hash != calc_hash) {
+            vyReportError("core", "Checksum mismatch in list %u", i);
+            vyReleaseBuffer(buffer, header.data_size);
+            return VY_UNKNOWN_ERROR;
+        }
+
+        /* Store the list */
+        memcpy(_list_mem + storage_at, entries, sizeof(vy_uid) * list->num_entries);
+        bool inserted = false;
+        for (uint32_t j = 0; j < _map.capacity; ++j) {
+            uint32_t slot = (list->uid + j) % _map.capacity;
+            if (_map.uids[slot] == VY_INVALID_UID) {
+                _map.uids[slot] = list->uid;
+                _map.lists[slot].begin = storage_at;
+                _map.lists[slot].count = list->num_entries;
+                inserted = true;
+                break;
+            }
+        }
+        storage_at += list->num_entries;
+        assert(inserted);
+        assert(storage_at <= total_list_entries);
+
+        list = (vy_dependency_file_list_header *)(entries + list->num_entries);
+    }
+
+    vyReleaseBuffer(buffer, header.data_size);
+
+    return VY_SUCCESS;
+}
+
+void ReleaseAssetDependencies(void) {
+    free(_list_mem);
+    free(_map.uids);
+    free(_map.lists);
+}
+
+VY_DLLEXPORT vy_asset_dependency_list vyGetAssetDependencies(vy_uid asset) {
+    vy_asset_dependency_list result = {
+        .dependencies = NULL,
+        .count        = 0,
+    };
+    for (uint32_t i = 0; i < _map.capacity; ++i) {
+        uint32_t slot = (asset + i) % _map.capacity;
+        if (_map.uids[slot] == asset) {
+            result.dependencies = &_list_mem[_map.lists[slot].begin];
+            result.count        = _map.lists[slot].count;
+            break;
+        } else if (_map.uids[slot] == VY_INVALID_UID) {
+            break;
+        }
+    }
+    return result;
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/runtime/asset_dependencies.h b/src/runtime/asset_dependencies.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..71f963e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/runtime/asset_dependencies.h
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+#ifndef VY_ASSET_DEPENDENCIES_H
+#define VY_ASSET_DEPENDENCIES_H
+
+#include "assets.h"
+
+#ifdef VY_DEFINE_DEPENDENCY_FILE_STRUCTURES
+
+#include "xxhash/xxhash.h"
+
+#pragma pack(push, 1)
+typedef struct {
+    uint64_t data_size;
+    uint32_t num_lists;
+} vy_dependency_file_header;
+
+typedef struct {
+    vy_uid uid;
+    uint32_t num_entries;
+    XXH64_canonical_t checksum;
+} vy_dependency_file_list_header;
+
+#pragma pack(pop)
+
+#endif
+
+typedef struct {
+    const vy_uid *dependencies;
+    uint32_t count;
+} vy_asset_dependency_list;
+
+VY_DLLEXPORT vy_asset_dependency_list vyGetAssetDependencies(vy_uid asset);
+
+#endif
diff --git a/src/runtime/buffer_manager.c b/src/runtime/buffer_manager.c
index 21601d1..d769a3c 100644
--- a/src/runtime/buffer_manager.c
+++ b/src/runtime/buffer_manager.c
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ VY_CVAR_SZ(rt_BufferManagerMemory,
            "Total number of bytes allocated for the buffer manager. Default: 1GB",
            VY_GB(1));
 
-VY_DLLEXPORT vy_result vyInitBufferManager(void) {
+vy_result InitBufferManager(void) {
     if ((rt_BufferManagerMemory.sz % NUM_BLOCK_SIZES) != 0)
         vyLog("BUFFERMGR",
               "Configured memory amount is not dividable by number of block "
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ VY_DLLEXPORT vy_result vyInitBufferManager(void) {
     return VY_SUCCESS;
 }
 
-VY_DLLEXPORT void vyShutdownBufferManager(void) {
+void ShutdownBufferManager(void) {
     for (unsigned int i = 0; i < NUM_BLOCK_SIZES; ++i) {
         vyDestroyMutex(_regions[i].guard);
         free(_regions[i].memory);
diff --git a/src/runtime/buffer_manager.h b/src/runtime/buffer_manager.h
index cf5e2d1..e978e2d 100644
--- a/src/runtime/buffer_manager.h
+++ b/src/runtime/buffer_manager.h
@@ -8,10 +8,6 @@ enum {
     VY_BUFFER_MGR_MUTEX_CREATION_FAILED,
 };
 
-VY_DLLEXPORT vy_result vyInitBufferManager(void);
-
-VY_DLLEXPORT void vyShutdownBufferManager(void);
-
 VY_DLLEXPORT void *vyAllocBuffer(size_t size);
 
 VY_DLLEXPORT void vyReleaseBuffer(const void *begin, size_t size);
diff --git a/src/runtime/file_tab.c b/src/runtime/file_tab.c
index ab3e060..589cf5a 100644
--- a/src/runtime/file_tab.c
+++ b/src/runtime/file_tab.c
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 #include "file_tab.h"
 #include "threading.h"
+#include "config.h"
 
 #include <xxhash/xxhash.h>
 
@@ -16,7 +17,10 @@ typedef struct {
 
 static vy_file_tab _file_tab;
 
-vy_result vyInitFileTab(unsigned int max_files) {
+VY_CVAR_I(rt_FileTabCapacity, "Maximum number of filetab entries. Default: 1024", 1024);
+
+vy_result InitFileTab(void) {
+    unsigned int max_files = (unsigned int)rt_FileTabCapacity.i;
     _file_tab.ids = calloc(max_files, sizeof(vy_file_id));
     if (!_file_tab.ids)
         return 1;
@@ -33,21 +37,21 @@ vy_result vyInitFileTab(unsigned int max_files) {
     return VY_SUCCESS;
 }
 
-void vyShutdownFileTab(void) {
+void ShutdownFileTab(void) {
     free(_file_tab.ids);
     free(_file_tab.names);
     free(_file_tab.name_offsets);
     vyDestroyMutex(_file_tab.mutex);
 }
 
-vy_file_id vyGetFileId(const char *path) {
+VY_DLLEXPORT vy_file_id vyGetFileId(const char *path) {
     vy_text_span span;
     span.start  = path;
     span.length = (unsigned int)strlen(path);
     return vyGetFileIdFromSpan(span);
 }
 
-vy_file_id vyGetFileIdFromSpan(vy_text_span path) {
+VY_DLLEXPORT vy_file_id vyGetFileIdFromSpan(vy_text_span path) {
     /* Randomly choosen, aka finger smash keyboard */
     XXH64_hash_t seed = 15340978;
     vy_file_id fid    = (vy_file_id)XXH3_64bits_withSeed(path.start, path.length, seed);
diff --git a/src/runtime/file_tab.h b/src/runtime/file_tab.h
index 6f69b15..8bc8a1d 100644
--- a/src/runtime/file_tab.h
+++ b/src/runtime/file_tab.h
@@ -9,10 +9,6 @@
 typedef uint64_t vy_file_id;
 #define VY_INVALID_FILE_ID 0
 
-VY_DLLEXPORT vy_result vyInitFileTab(unsigned int max_files);
-
-VY_DLLEXPORT void vyShutdownFileTab(void);
-
 VY_DLLEXPORT vy_file_id vyGetFileId(const char *path);
 
 VY_DLLEXPORT vy_file_id vyGetFileIdFromSpan(vy_text_span path);
diff --git a/src/runtime/init.c b/src/runtime/init.c
index eccf318..8b170f0 100644
--- a/src/runtime/init.c
+++ b/src/runtime/init.c
@@ -10,47 +10,69 @@ extern vy_cvar rt_Fullscreen;
 extern vy_cvar rt_WindowWidth;
 extern vy_cvar rt_WindowHeight;
 extern vy_cvar rt_BufferManagerMemory;
+extern vy_cvar rt_FileTabCapacity;
+extern vy_cvar rt_MaxConcurrentAsyncIO;
 
-void __RegisterRuntimeCVars(void) {
+void RegisterRuntimeCVars(void) {
     vyRegisterCVAR(&rt_Renderer);
     vyRegisterCVAR(&rt_Fullscreen);
     vyRegisterCVAR(&rt_WindowWidth);
     vyRegisterCVAR(&rt_WindowHeight);
     vyRegisterCVAR(&rt_BufferManagerMemory);
+    vyRegisterCVAR(&rt_FileTabCapacity);
+    vyRegisterCVAR(&rt_MaxConcurrentAsyncIO);
 }
 
-extern void __RTSetMainThreadId(void);
+extern void SetMainThreadId(void);
+
+extern vy_result InitBufferManager(void);
+extern void ShutdownBufferManager(void);
+extern vy_result InitFileTab(void);
+extern void ShutdownFileTab(void);
+extern vy_result InitAIO(void);
+extern void ShutdownAIO(void);
+
+extern vy_result LoadUIDTable(void);
+extern void ReleaseUIDTable(void);
+extern vy_result LoadAssetDependencies(void); 
+extern void ReleaseAssetDependencies(void);
 
 VY_DLLEXPORT vy_result vyInitRuntime(void) {
-    __RTSetMainThreadId();
-    __RegisterRuntimeCVars();
+    SetMainThreadId();
+    RegisterRuntimeCVars();
 
     vy_result res;
-    if ((res = vyInitBufferManager()) != VY_SUCCESS) {
+    if ((res = InitBufferManager()) != VY_SUCCESS) {
         vyReportError("BUFFERMGR", "Init failed.");
         return res;
     }
 
-    if ((res = vyInitFileTab(1024)) != VY_SUCCESS) {
+    if ((res = InitFileTab()) != VY_SUCCESS) {
         vyReportError("FTAB", "Init failed.");
         return res;
     }
 
-    if ((res = vyInitAIO(0)) != VY_SUCCESS) {
+    if ((res = InitAIO()) != VY_SUCCESS) {
         vyReportError("AIO", "Init failed.");
         return res;
     }
 
-    if ((res = vyLoadUIDTable()) != VY_SUCCESS) {
+    if ((res = LoadUIDTable()) != VY_SUCCESS) {
         vyLog("CORE", "LoadUIDTable returned result: %u", res);
     }
 
+    if ((res = LoadAssetDependencies()) != VY_SUCCESS) {
+        vyReportError("ASSETDEP", "Init failed.");
+        return res;
+    }
+
     return VY_SUCCESS;
 }
 
 VY_DLLEXPORT void vyShutdownRuntime(void) {
-    vyReleaseUIDTable();
-    vyShutdownAIO();
-    vyShutdownFileTab();
-    vyShutdownBufferManager();
+    ReleaseAssetDependencies();
+    ReleaseUIDTable();
+    ShutdownAIO();
+    ShutdownFileTab();
+    ShutdownBufferManager();
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/runtime/runtime.h b/src/runtime/runtime.h
index 2c7baae..f878bb8 100644
--- a/src/runtime/runtime.h
+++ b/src/runtime/runtime.h
@@ -87,6 +87,21 @@ static VY_INLINE void vySetRelptr(vy_relptr *ptr, void *target) {
     }
 }
 
+/* Bitfiddling functions */
+
+/* Portable solution, On x64 using clzl is probably faster. */
+static VY_INLINE uint32_t vyNextPowerOfTwo32(uint32_t v) {
+    v--;
+    v |= v >> 1;
+    v |= v >> 2;
+    v |= v >> 4;
+    v |= v >> 8;
+    v |= v >> 16;
+    v++;
+    return v;
+}
+
+
 /* Runtime init. Initializes basic systems.
  * You need to call this, even if you build a CLI only app. */
 VY_DLLEXPORT vy_result vyInitRuntime(void);
diff --git a/src/runtime/threading_thread.c b/src/runtime/threading_thread.c
index 582fd93..cee32ee 100644
--- a/src/runtime/threading_thread.c
+++ b/src/runtime/threading_thread.c
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ static INIT_ONCE _guard_init = INIT_ONCE_STATIC_INIT;
 static vy_thread_id _main_thread_id;
 
 /* Called by the runtime during setup */
-extern void __RTSetMainThreadId(void) {
+extern void SetMainThreadId(void) {
     _main_thread_id = (vy_thread_id)GetCurrentThreadId();
 }
 
diff --git a/src/runtime/uidtab.c b/src/runtime/uidtab.c
index f5014bf..7bc7325 100644
--- a/src/runtime/uidtab.c
+++ b/src/runtime/uidtab.c
@@ -17,23 +17,11 @@ typedef struct {
 
 static vy_uidtab _tab;
 
-/* Portable solution, On x64 using clzl is probably faster. */
-static uint32_t NextPowerOfTwo(uint32_t v) {
-    v--;
-    v |= v >> 1;
-    v |= v >> 2;
-    v |= v >> 4;
-    v |= v >> 8;
-    v |= v >> 16;
-    v++;
-    return v;
-}
-
-VY_DLLEXPORT vy_result vyLoadUIDTable(void) {
+vy_result LoadUIDTable(void) {
     /* We use stdio here, because we cannot load any asset in parallel to this.
      * This is because the uidtab is what tells us which assets exist.
      */
-    FILE *f = fopen("uidtab.bin", "rb");
+    FILE *f = fopen("assets/uidtab.bin", "rb");
     if (!f)
         return VY_LOAD_FAILED;
 
@@ -52,7 +40,7 @@ VY_DLLEXPORT vy_result vyLoadUIDTable(void) {
     }
     */
 
-    _tab.slots = NextPowerOfTwo(header.num_entries * 2);
+    _tab.slots = vyNextPowerOfTwo32(header.num_entries * 2);
     void *mem  = malloc((sizeof(vy_uid) + sizeof(vy_uid_data)) * _tab.slots);
     if (!mem) {
         fclose(f);
@@ -114,7 +102,7 @@ VY_DLLEXPORT vy_result vyLoadUIDTable(void) {
     return VY_SUCCESS;
 }
 
-VY_DLLEXPORT void vyReleaseUIDTable(void) {
+void ReleaseUIDTable(void) {
     free(_tab.uids);
     _tab.slots = 0;
 }
diff --git a/src/runtime/uidtab.h b/src/runtime/uidtab.h
index fb8e5d6..d8ee118 100644
--- a/src/runtime/uidtab.h
+++ b/src/runtime/uidtab.h
@@ -31,8 +31,6 @@ typedef struct {
     uint64_t size;
 } vy_uid_data;
 
-VY_DLLEXPORT vy_result vyLoadUIDTable(void);
-VY_DLLEXPORT void vyReleaseUIDTable(void);
 VY_DLLEXPORT const vy_uid_data *vyGetUIDData(vy_uid uid);
 
 #endif
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/tools/assetc/assetc.c b/src/tools/assetc/assetc.c
index 30a3b5e..7bbdc60 100644
--- a/src/tools/assetc/assetc.c
+++ b/src/tools/assetc/assetc.c
@@ -102,9 +102,6 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
     vyInitPackages();
     vySetWorkingDirectory(g_assetc_options.root_directory);
 
-    /* Explictily reload uidtab, because we changed the working directory here */
-    vyLoadUIDTable();
-
     if (vyLoadAssetMeta() != VY_SUCCESS) {
         return 1;
     }
@@ -136,6 +133,9 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
     if (vyWriteUIDTab() != VY_SUCCESS) {
         return 1;
     }
+    if (vySaveAssetDependencies() != VY_SUCCESS) {
+        return 1;
+    }
 
     vyShutdownRuntime();
 
diff --git a/src/tools/assetc/dependency_tracking.c b/src/tools/assetc/dependency_tracking.c
index 4c925da..5fc7e3d 100644
--- a/src/tools/assetc/dependency_tracking.c
+++ b/src/tools/assetc/dependency_tracking.c
@@ -1,13 +1,16 @@
 #include "dependency_tracking.h"
 
+#define VY_DEFINE_DEPENDENCY_FILE_STRUCTURES
 #include "runtime/assets.h"
 #include "runtime/threading.h"
+#include "runtime/asset_dependencies.h"
 
 #include <stdbool.h>
 #include <limits.h>
 #include <assert.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <string.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
 
 
 /* Track a list of dependencies per asset.
@@ -125,3 +128,101 @@ vy_result vyAddAssetDependency(vy_uid dependent, vy_uid dependency) {
     res = InsertIntoList(dependency, dependent, 1);
     return res;
 }
+
+vy_result vySaveAssetDependencies(void) {
+    assert(vyIsMainThread());
+    vy_dependency_file_header header = {.num_lists = 0, .data_size = 0};
+
+    for (size_t i = 0; i < MAP_SIZE; ++i) {
+        if (_uids[i] != VY_INVALID_UID) {
+            if (!_lists[i].dependencies)
+                continue;
+            header.num_lists += 1;
+
+            /* Determine the list size */
+            vy_dep_list_bucket *bucket = &_buckets[_lists[i].dependencies];
+            uint32_t total_list_size   = bucket->count;
+            while (bucket->next != END_OF_LIST) {
+                bucket = &_buckets[bucket->next];
+                total_list_size += bucket->count;
+            }
+
+            header.data_size += total_list_size * sizeof(vy_uid) + sizeof(vy_dependency_file_list_header);
+        }
+    }
+
+    FILE *f = fopen("deps.bin", "wb");
+    if (!f) {
+        vyReportError("ASSETC", "Failed to open 'deps.bin' for writing.");
+        return VY_UNKNOWN_ERROR;
+    }
+
+
+    if (fwrite(&header, sizeof(header), 1, f) != 1) {
+        vyReportError("ASSETC", "Failed to write to 'deps.bin'.");
+        fclose(f);
+        return VY_UNKNOWN_ERROR;
+    }
+
+    void *buffer       = NULL;
+    size_t buffer_size = 0;
+
+    for (size_t i = 0; i < MAP_SIZE; ++i) {
+        if (_uids[i] != VY_INVALID_UID) {
+            if (!_lists[i].dependencies)
+                continue;
+
+            /* Determine the list size */
+            vy_dep_list_bucket *bucket = &_buckets[_lists[i].dependencies];
+            uint32_t total_list_size = bucket->count;
+            while (bucket->next != END_OF_LIST) {
+                bucket = &_buckets[bucket->next];
+                total_list_size += bucket->count;
+            }
+
+            /* Allocate */
+            size_t required_size =
+                total_list_size * sizeof(vy_uid) + sizeof(vy_dependency_file_list_header);
+            if (required_size > buffer_size) {
+                void *t = realloc(buffer, required_size);
+                if (!t) {
+                    free(buffer);
+                    fclose(f);
+                    return VY_UNKNOWN_ERROR;
+                }
+                buffer = t;
+                buffer_size = required_size;
+            }
+
+            /* Fill header */
+            vy_dependency_file_list_header *list_header = buffer;
+            vy_uid *list                                = (vy_uid *)(list_header + 1);
+            list_header->uid                            = _uids[i];
+            list_header->num_entries                    = total_list_size;
+
+            /* Copy the list */
+            uint32_t at = 0;
+            bucket = &_buckets[_lists[i].dependencies];
+            do {
+                memcpy(&list[at], bucket->entries, sizeof(vy_uid) * bucket->count);
+                at += bucket->count;
+                bucket = &_buckets[bucket->next];
+            } while (bucket != &_buckets[END_OF_LIST]);
+
+            XXH64_hash_t hash = XXH3_64bits(list, sizeof(vy_uid) * total_list_size);
+            XXH64_canonicalFromHash(&list_header->checksum, hash);
+
+            if (fwrite(buffer, required_size, 1, f) != 1) {
+                vyReportError("ASSETC", "Failed to write to 'deps.bin'.");
+                fclose(f);
+                free(buffer);
+                return VY_UNKNOWN_ERROR;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    fclose(f);
+    free(buffer);
+
+    return VY_SUCCESS;
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/tools/assetc/dependency_tracking.h b/src/tools/assetc/dependency_tracking.h
index e53e6cc..ace55ca 100644
--- a/src/tools/assetc/dependency_tracking.h
+++ b/src/tools/assetc/dependency_tracking.h
@@ -9,4 +9,6 @@ vy_result vyInitDependencyTracking(void);
 
 vy_result vyAddAssetDependency(vy_uid dependent, vy_uid dependency);
 
+vy_result vySaveAssetDependencies(void);
+
 #endif
diff --git a/src/tools/assetc/discovery.c b/src/tools/assetc/discovery.c
index afc4a92..d3b234e 100644
--- a/src/tools/assetc/discovery.c
+++ b/src/tools/assetc/discovery.c
@@ -33,6 +33,10 @@ static vy_result DirectoryHandler(const char *name, vyIterateDirElementType type
             else if (memcmp(&name[name_len - 4], ".bin", 4) == 0)
                 return VY_SUCCESS;
         }
+        if (name[0] == '.') {
+            return VY_SUCCESS;
+        }
+
         /* Check if we know that file */
         if (data->path_end > 0) {
             data->path_scratch[data->path_end] = '/';