Well I only wanted to implement saving and got carried away.

I cleaned the code up a bit. Everything auto-saves now (every 10s)
except for achievements. Maybe we should look at them together.

js/gameobjects.js

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+'use strict';
+
+/** Define all objects used in the game.
+ * They can be either loaded from localStorage or from JSON in case nothing is
+ * found in the localStorage.
+ */
+var GameObjects = (function() {
+  /** Lab
+   */
+  var labPrototype = {
+    name: 'My Awesome Lab',
+    detector: {
+      rate: 1
+    },
+    factor: {
+      rate: 5
+    },
+    data: 0,
+    reputation: 0,
+    money: 0,
+    getGrant: function () {
+      var addition = this.reputation * this.factor.rate;
+      this.money += addition;
+      return addition;
+    },
+    acquire: function(amount) {
+      this.data += amount;
+    },
+    research: function(cost, reputation) {
+      if (this.data >= cost) {
+        this.data -= cost;
+        this.reputation += reputation;
+        return true;
+      }
+      return false;
+    },
+    buy: function(cost) {
+      if (this.money >= cost) {
+        this.money -= cost;
+        return true;
+      }
+      return false;
+    },
+    sell: function(cost) {
+      this.money += cost;
+    }
+  };
+  var lab = $.extend({}, labPrototype, ObjectStorage.load('lab'));
+
+  /** Research
+   */
+  var researchPrototype = {
+    level: 0,
+    is_visible: function() {
+      return this.level > 0 || lab.data >= this.cost * .7;
+    },
+    is_available: function() {
+      return lab.data >= this.cost;
+    },
+    research: function() {
+      if (lab.research(this.cost, this.reputation)) {
+        this.level++;
+        var oldCost = this.cost;
+        this.cost = Math.round(this.cost * this.cost_increase);
+        return oldCost;
+      }
+      return -1;
+    },
+    getInfo: function() {
+      if (!this._info) {
+        this._info = Helpers.loadFile(this.info);
+      }
+      return this._info;
+    },
+    showInfo: function() {
+      Helpers.showModal(this.name, this.getInfo());
+    }
+  };
+  var research = $.extend([], Helpers.loadFile('json/research.json'),
+                          ObjectStorage.load('research'));
+  research = research.map(function(item) {
+    return $.extend({}, researchPrototype, item);
+  });
+
+
+  /** Workers
+   */
+  var workersPrototype = {
+    hired: 0,
+    is_visible: function() {
+      return this.hired > 0 || lab.money >= this.cost * .7;
+    },
+    is_available: function() {
+      return lab.money >= this.cost;
+    },
+    hire: function() {
+      if (lab.buy(this.cost)) {
+        this.hired++;
+        var cost = this.cost;
+        this.cost = Math.round(this.cost * this.cost_increase);
+        return cost;
+      }
+      return -1;
+    }
+  };
+  var workers = $.extend([], Helpers.loadFile('json/workers.json'),
+                         ObjectStorage.load('workers'));
+  workers = workers.map(function(worker) {
+    return $.extend({}, workersPrototype, worker);
+  });
+
+
+  /** Upgrades
+   */
+  var upgradesPrototype = {
+    getReceiver: function() {
+      if (this.type === "detector") {
+        return lab.detector;
+      } else if (this.type === "reputation"){
+        return lab.factor;
+      } else {
+        var context;
+        if (this.type === "research") { context = research; }
+        else if (this.type === "hr") { context = workers; }
+        else { return null; }
+        for (var i = 0; i < context.length; i++) {
+          if (context[i].name === this.receiver) {
+            return context[i];
+          }
+        }
+        return null;
+      }
+    },
+    hasReceiver: function() {
+      if (this.type === "detector" || this.type === "reputation") {
+        return true;
+      }
+      var rec = this.getReceiver();
+      if (this.type === "research") {
+        return rec.level > 0;
+      } else if (this.type === "hr") {
+        return rec.hired > 0;
+      }
+      return false;
+    },
+    is_visible: function() {
+      return !this.used && this.hasReceiver() && lab.money >= this.cost * .7;
+    },
+    is_available: function() {
+      return !this.used && this.hasReceiver() && lab.money >= this.cost;
+    },
+    buy: function() {
+      if (!this.used && lab.buy(this.cost)) {
+        this.used = true;
+        var rec = this.getReceiver();
+        if (rec) {
+          rec[this.property] = rec[this.property] * this.factor + this.constant;
+        }
+        return true;
+      }
+      return false;
+    }
+  };
+  var upgrades = $.extend([], Helpers.loadFile('json/upgrades.json'),
+                         ObjectStorage.load('upgrades'));
+  upgrades = upgrades.map(function(upgrade) {
+    return $.extend({}, upgradesPrototype, upgrade);
+  });
+
+
+  /** Save all the game objects at once.
+   */
+  var saveAll = function() {
+    ObjectStorage.save('lab', lab);
+    ObjectStorage.save('research', research);
+    ObjectStorage.save('workers', workers);
+    ObjectStorage.save('upgrades', upgrades);
+  };
+
+  return {
+    lab: lab,
+    research: research,
+    workers: workers,
+    upgrades: upgrades,
+    saveAll: saveAll
+  }
+})();