diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index c734645..7420f30 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -133,4 +133,5 @@ $RECYCLE.BIN/
 
 _NCrunch*
 
-.vscode/
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+.vscode/
+builds/
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diff --git a/scripts/build-and-package.sh b/scripts/build-and-package.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..8384a40
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/build-and-package.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env sh
+
+cd $(dirname $0)/..
+
+app_version=MercuryConverter-v$(cat src/Assets/version)
+
+# create builds
+dotnet publish src --runtime linux-x64 -o "./builds/$app_version-linux-x64"
+dotnet publish src --runtime win-x64 -o "./builds/$app_version-win-x64"
+
+# package builds
+cd builds
+zip -r "$app_version-linux-x64.zip" "$app_version-linux-x64"
+zip -r "$app_version-win-x64.zip" "$app_version-win-x64"
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