diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index d2aa7cf..b4c11c4 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ allprojects {
     apply plugin: "maven-publish"
 
     group = "com.gempukku.libgdx.lib"
-    version = '0.1.6'
+    version = '0.1.7'
     ext {
         appName = "Libgdx Graph"
         gdxVersion = '1.9.12'
diff --git a/libgdx-gemp-lib/src/com/gempukku/libgdx/lib/template/JsonTemplateLoader.java b/libgdx-gemp-lib/src/com/gempukku/libgdx/lib/template/JsonTemplateLoader.java
index e71082c..91d7099 100644
--- a/libgdx-gemp-lib/src/com/gempukku/libgdx/lib/template/JsonTemplateLoader.java
+++ b/libgdx-gemp-lib/src/com/gempukku/libgdx/lib/template/JsonTemplateLoader.java
@@ -98,9 +98,34 @@ private static void appendTemplateWithFilter(String template, JsonValue result,
     private static void appendField(JsonValue field, JsonValue result, ObjectSet<String> removeFields, FileHandleResolver resolver) {
         String fieldName = field.name();
         if (!fieldName.startsWith("tpl:") && (removeFields == null || !removeFields.contains(fieldName))) {
-            if (result.has(fieldName))
-                result.remove(fieldName);
-            result.addChild(field.name(), resolveJson(field, resolver));
+            if (result.has(fieldName)) {
+                JsonValue existingChild = result.get(fieldName);
+                if (existingChild.isObject() && field.isObject()) {
+                    mergeIn(field, existingChild);
+                } else {
+                    result.remove(fieldName);
+                    result.addChild(fieldName, resolveJson(field, resolver));
+                }
+            } else {
+                result.addChild(fieldName, resolveJson(field, resolver));
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    private static void mergeIn(JsonValue merge, JsonValue into) {
+        for (JsonValue fieldInObject : merge) {
+            String fieldName = fieldInObject.name();
+            if (into.has(fieldName)) {
+                JsonValue existingChild = into.get(fieldName);
+                if (existingChild.isObject() && fieldInObject.isObject()) {
+                    mergeIn(fieldInObject, into);
+                } else {
+                    into.remove(fieldName);
+                    into.addChild(fieldName, resolveJson(fieldInObject, null));
+                }
+            } else {
+                into.addChild(fieldName, resolveJson(fieldInObject, null));
+            }
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/libgdx-gemp-lib/test-resources/template/mergeTemplates.json b/libgdx-gemp-lib/test-resources/template/mergeTemplates.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bd199c7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libgdx-gemp-lib/test-resources/template/mergeTemplates.json
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+{
+  "tpl:extends": [
+    "template/simple.json",
+    "template/simple2.json"
+  ],
+  "c": "d"
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/libgdx-gemp-lib/test-resources/template/overrideMerge.json b/libgdx-gemp-lib/test-resources/template/overrideMerge.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..982e255
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libgdx-gemp-lib/test-resources/template/overrideMerge.json
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+{
+  "tpl:extends": "template/templateInside.json",
+  "c": {
+    "b": "c"
+  }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/libgdx-gemp-lib/test-resources/template/overrideMergeOverrides.json b/libgdx-gemp-lib/test-resources/template/overrideMergeOverrides.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fe4ce40
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libgdx-gemp-lib/test-resources/template/overrideMergeOverrides.json
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+{
+  "tpl:extends": "template/templateInside.json",
+  "c": {
+    "a": "c"
+  }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/libgdx-gemp-lib/test-resources/template/simple2.json b/libgdx-gemp-lib/test-resources/template/simple2.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a6c649f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libgdx-gemp-lib/test-resources/template/simple2.json
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+{
+  "b": "c"
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/libgdx-gemp-lib/test/com/gempukku/libgdx/lib/template/JsonTemplateLoaderTest.java b/libgdx-gemp-lib/test/com/gempukku/libgdx/lib/template/JsonTemplateLoaderTest.java
index 1a27fba..1d073cb 100644
--- a/libgdx-gemp-lib/test/com/gempukku/libgdx/lib/template/JsonTemplateLoaderTest.java
+++ b/libgdx-gemp-lib/test/com/gempukku/libgdx/lib/template/JsonTemplateLoaderTest.java
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 
 import com.badlogic.gdx.assets.loaders.resolvers.ClasspathFileHandleResolver;
 import com.badlogic.gdx.utils.JsonValue;
-import com.badlogic.gdx.utils.JsonWriter;
 import com.gempukku.libgdx.lib.LibGDXTest;
 import org.junit.Test;
 
@@ -40,7 +39,6 @@ public void testExtends() {
     @Test
     public void testOverrideInFile() {
         JsonValue result = JsonTemplateLoader.loadTemplateFromFile("template/overrideInFile.json", new ClasspathFileHandleResolver());
-        System.out.println(result.toJson(JsonWriter.OutputType.json));
         assertTrue(result.isObject());
         assertEquals(1, result.size);
         assertEquals("c", result.getString("a"));
@@ -97,4 +95,28 @@ public void testTemplateInArray() {
         JsonValue a = objectInArray.get("a");
         assertEquals("b", a.asString());
     }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testOverrideMergesObject() {
+        JsonValue result = JsonTemplateLoader.loadTemplateFromFile("template/overrideMerge.json", new ClasspathFileHandleResolver());
+        assertTrue(result.isObject());
+        assertEquals(1, result.size);
+        JsonValue c = result.get("c");
+        assertTrue(c.isObject());
+        assertEquals(2, c.size);
+        JsonValue a = c.get("a");
+        assertEquals("b", a.asString());
+        JsonValue b = c.get("b");
+        assertEquals("c", b.asString());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testMergeTemplates() {
+        JsonValue result = JsonTemplateLoader.loadTemplateFromFile("template/mergeTemplates.json", new ClasspathFileHandleResolver());
+        assertTrue(result.isObject());
+        assertEquals(3, result.size);
+        assertEquals("b", result.getString("a"));
+        assertEquals("c", result.getString("b"));
+        assertEquals("d", result.getString("c"));
+    }
 }