First cut of pulling out the relevant parts of my original game to make a little framework.

assets/items.json

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+{
+  "TORCH_BAD": {
+    "id": "TORCH_BAD",
+    "name": "Crappy Torch",
+    "description": "A torch that barely lights the way.  You wonder if it'd be better to not see the person who murders you.",
+    "inventory_count": 1,
+    "components": [
+      {"_type": "LightSource", "strength": 50, "radius": 2.5},
+      {"_type": "Tile", "display": 3848,
+        "foreground": "items/fg:flame",
+        "background": "color:transparent"
+      },
+      {"_type": "Sprite", "name": "torch_horizontal_floor", "width": 256, "height": 256, "scale": 1.0},
+      {"_type": "Sound", "attack": "pickup", "death": "blank"}
+    ]
+  },
+  "POTION_HEALING_SMALL": {
+    "id": "POTION_HEALING_SMALL",
+    "name": "Small Healing Potion",
+    "description": "A small healing potion.",
+    "inventory_count": 1,
+    "components": [
+      {"_type": "Tile", "display": 1003,
+        "foreground": "items/fg:potion",
+        "background": "color:transparent"
+      },
+      {"_type": "Curative", "hp": 20},
+      {"_type": "Sprite", "name": "healing_potion_small", "width": 256, "height": 256, "scale": 1.0},
+      {"_type": "Sound", "attack": "pickup", "death": "blank"}
+    ]
+  }
+}