diff --git a/00_Common/dotnet/Directory.Build.props b/00_Common/dotnet/Directory.Build.props
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f5a054dc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/00_Common/dotnet/Directory.Build.props
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+<Project>
+
+  <PropertyGroup>
+    <Nullable>enable</Nullable>
+    <LangVersion>10.0</LangVersion>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+
+</Project>
diff --git a/00_Common/dotnet/Games.Common.Test/Games.Common.Test.csproj b/00_Common/dotnet/Games.Common.Test/Games.Common.Test.csproj
index 6fe85680..c90ed518 100644
--- a/00_Common/dotnet/Games.Common.Test/Games.Common.Test.csproj
+++ b/00_Common/dotnet/Games.Common.Test/Games.Common.Test.csproj
@@ -2,12 +2,11 @@
 
   <PropertyGroup>
     <TargetFramework>net6.0</TargetFramework>
-    <Nullable>enable</Nullable>
-
     <IsPackable>false</IsPackable>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
+    <PackageReference Include="FluentAssertions" Version="6.4.0" />
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.NET.Test.Sdk" Version="16.11.0" />
     <PackageReference Include="xunit" Version="2.4.1" />
     <PackageReference Include="xunit.runner.visualstudio" Version="2.4.3">
diff --git a/00_Common/dotnet/Games.Common.Test/TextIOTests/TokenizerTests.cs b/00_Common/dotnet/Games.Common.Test/TextIOTests/TokenizerTests.cs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4e9c9e84
--- /dev/null
+++ b/00_Common/dotnet/Games.Common.Test/TextIOTests/TokenizerTests.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+using FluentAssertions;
+using Xunit;
+
+namespace Games.Common.IO
+{
+    public class TokenizerTests
+    {
+        [Theory]
+        [MemberData(nameof(TokenizerTestCases))]
+        public void ParseTokens_SplitsStringIntoExpectedTokens(string input, string[] expected)
+        {
+            var result = Tokenizer.ParseTokens(input);
+
+            result.Should().BeEquivalentTo(expected);
+        }
+
+        public static TheoryData<string, string[]> TokenizerTestCases() => new()
+        {
+            { "", new[] { "" } },
+            { "aBc", new[] { "aBc" } },
+            { "  Foo   ", new[] { "Foo" } },
+            { "  \" Foo  \"  ", new[] { " Foo  " } },
+            { "  \" Foo    ", new[] { " Foo    " } },
+            { "\"\"abc", new[] { "" } },
+            { "a\"\"bc", new[] { "a\"\"bc" } },
+            { "\"\"", new[] { "" } },
+            { ",", new[] { "", "" } },
+            { " foo  ,bar", new[] { "foo", "bar" } },
+            { "\"\"bc,de", new[] { "", "de" } },
+            { "a\"b,\" c,d\"e, f ,,g", new[] { "a\"b", " c,d", "f", "", "g" } }
+        };
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/00_Common/dotnet/Games.Common/Games.Common.csproj b/00_Common/dotnet/Games.Common/Games.Common.csproj
index 9f5c4f4a..d4c395e8 100644
--- a/00_Common/dotnet/Games.Common/Games.Common.csproj
+++ b/00_Common/dotnet/Games.Common/Games.Common.csproj
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
 
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFramework>netstandard2.0</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>netstandard2.1</TargetFramework>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
 </Project>
diff --git a/00_Common/dotnet/Games.Common/IO/Token.cs b/00_Common/dotnet/Games.Common/IO/Token.cs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3f8267cb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/00_Common/dotnet/Games.Common/IO/Token.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+using System.Text;
+
+namespace Games.Common.IO
+{
+    internal class Token
+    {
+        protected readonly StringBuilder _builder;
+        private int _trailingWhiteSpaceCount;
+
+        private Token()
+        {
+            _builder = new StringBuilder();
+        }
+
+        public Token Append(char character)
+        {
+            _builder.Append(character);
+
+            _trailingWhiteSpaceCount = char.IsWhiteSpace(character) ? _trailingWhiteSpaceCount + 1 : 0;
+
+            return this;
+        }
+
+        public override string ToString() => _builder.ToString(0, _builder.Length - _trailingWhiteSpaceCount);
+
+        public static Token Create() => new();
+
+        public static Token CreateQuoted() => new QuotedToken();
+
+        public static implicit operator string(Token token) => token.ToString();
+
+        internal class QuotedToken : Token
+        {
+            public override string ToString() => _builder.ToString();
+        }
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/00_Common/dotnet/Games.Common/IO/Tokenizer.cs b/00_Common/dotnet/Games.Common/IO/Tokenizer.cs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9a5d43a4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/00_Common/dotnet/Games.Common/IO/Tokenizer.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,90 @@
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+
+namespace Games.Common.IO
+{
+    internal class Tokenizer
+    {
+        private const char Quote = '"';
+        private const char Separator = ',';
+
+        private readonly Queue<char> _characters;
+
+        private Tokenizer(string input) => _characters = new Queue<char>(input);
+
+        public static IEnumerable<string> ParseTokens(string input)
+        {
+            if (input is null) { throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(input)); }
+
+            return new Tokenizer(input).ParseTokens();
+        }
+
+        private IEnumerable<string> ParseTokens()
+        {
+            while (true)
+            {
+                var (token, isLastToken) = Consume(_characters);
+                yield return token;
+
+                if (isLastToken) { break; }
+            }
+        }
+
+        public (Token, bool) Consume(Queue<char> characters)
+        {
+            var token = Token.Create();
+            var state = ITokenizerState.LookForStartOfToken;
+
+            while (characters.TryDequeue(out var character))
+            {
+                (state, token) = state.Consume(character, token);
+                if (state is AtEndOfTokenState) { return (token, false); }
+            }
+
+            return (token, true);
+        }
+
+        private interface ITokenizerState
+        {
+            public static ITokenizerState LookForStartOfToken { get; } = new LookForStartOfTokenState();
+
+            (ITokenizerState, Token) Consume(char character, Token token);
+        }
+
+        private struct LookForStartOfTokenState : ITokenizerState
+        {
+            public (ITokenizerState, Token) Consume(char character, Token token) =>
+                character switch
+                {
+                    Separator => (new AtEndOfTokenState(), token),
+                    Quote => (new InQuotedTokenState(), Token.CreateQuoted()),
+                    _ when char.IsWhiteSpace(character) => (this, token),
+                    _ => (new InTokenState(), token.Append(character))
+                };
+        }
+
+        private struct InTokenState : ITokenizerState
+        {
+            public (ITokenizerState, Token) Consume(char character, Token token) =>
+                character == Separator ? (new AtEndOfTokenState(), token) : (this, token.Append(character));
+        }
+
+        private struct InQuotedTokenState : ITokenizerState
+        {
+            public (ITokenizerState, Token) Consume(char character, Token token) =>
+                character == Quote ? (new LookForSeparatorState(), token) : (this, token.Append(character));
+        }
+
+        private struct LookForSeparatorState : ITokenizerState
+        {
+            public (ITokenizerState, Token) Consume(char character, Token token) =>
+                (character == Separator ? new AtEndOfTokenState() : this, token);
+        }
+
+        private struct AtEndOfTokenState : ITokenizerState
+        {
+            public (ITokenizerState, Token) Consume(char character, Token token) =>
+                throw new InvalidOperationException();
+        }
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/00_Common/dotnet/Games.Common/_InternalsVisibleTo.cs b/00_Common/dotnet/Games.Common/_InternalsVisibleTo.cs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2ffc2ca3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/00_Common/dotnet/Games.Common/_InternalsVisibleTo.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+using System.Runtime.CompilerServices;
+
+[assembly:InternalsVisibleTo("Games.Common.Test")]
\ No newline at end of file