diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index a5e85c3..bd27516 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
 /ATCS_v*.jar
 /Project
 /bin
+/packaging/tmp/
+packaging/common/lib
+packaging/common/ATCS.jar
+packaging/ATCS_*.zip
diff --git a/packaging/Manifest.txt b/packaging/Manifest.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..31c84bc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packaging/Manifest.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+Manifest-Version: 1.0
+Main-Class: com.gpl.rpg.atcontentstudio.ATContentStudio
diff --git a/packaging/common/ATCS.cmd b/packaging/common/ATCS.cmd
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2974600
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packaging/common/ATCS.cmd
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+@echo off
+
+set "ATCS_DIR=%~dp0"
+set "MAX_MEM=512M"
+set "JAVA=javaw.exe"
+set "JAVA_OPTS=-DFONT_SCALE=1.0 -Dswing.aatext=true"
+set "ENV_FILE=%ATCS_DIR%ATCS.env.bat"
+
+if exist "%ENV_FILE%" (
+  call "%ENV_FILE%"
+) else (
+  echo REM set "MAX_MEM=%MAX_MEM%">"%ENV_FILE%"
+  echo REM set "JAVA=%JAVA%">>"%ENV_FILE%"
+  echo REM set "JAVA_OPTS=%JAVA_OPTS%">>"%ENV_FILE%"
+  echo.>>"%ENV_FILE%"
+)
+
+start "" "%JAVA%" %JAVA_OPTS% -Xmx%MAX_MEM% -jar "%ATCS_DIR%\ATCS.jar"
diff --git a/packaging/common/ATCS.env b/packaging/common/ATCS.env
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b8b1645
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packaging/common/ATCS.env
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+#MAX_MEM=512M
+#JAVA=java
+#JAVA_OPTS=-DFONT_SCALE=1.0 -Dswing.aatext=true
+
diff --git a/packaging/common/ATCS.ico b/packaging/common/ATCS.ico
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4f829e4
Binary files /dev/null and b/packaging/common/ATCS.ico differ
diff --git a/packaging/common/ATCS.sh b/packaging/common/ATCS.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..41d78b2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packaging/common/ATCS.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+ATCS_DIR=$(dirname $(readlink -f "$0" || greadlink -f "$0" || stat -f "$0"))
+
+MAX_MEM=512M
+
+JAVA=java
+JAVA_OPTS='-DFONT_SCALE=1.0 -Dswing.aatext=true'
+ENV_FILE=${ATCS_DIR}/ATCS.env
+
+if [ -f ${ENV_FILE} ]; then
+	source ${ENV_FILE}
+else
+	echo "#MAX_MEM=${MAX_MEM}" >${ENV_FILE}
+	echo "#JAVA=${JAVA}" >>${ENV_FILE}
+	echo "#JAVA_OPTS=${JAVA_OPTS}" >>${ENV_FILE}
+	echo "" >>${ENV_FILE}
+fi
+
+export ENV_FILE
+
+$JAVA ${JAVA_OPTS} -Xmx${MAX_MEM} -jar ${ATCS_DIR}/ATCS.jar
diff --git a/packaging/package.sh b/packaging/package.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..6548134
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packaging/package.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+#read the folder this script should be in (should be the packaging folder inside the ATCS source)
+PACKAGING_DIR=$(dirname $(readlink -f "$0" || greadlink -f "$0" || stat -f "$0"))
+ATCS_SOURCE_DIR=$(dirname "${PACKAGING_DIR}")
+TEMP_DIR=${PACKAGING_DIR}/tmp
+echo "Packaging dir: ${PACKAGING_DIR}"
+echo "ATCS_SOURCE_DIR: ${ATCS_SOURCE_DIR}"
+#ATContentStudio
+JAR_LOCATION="${PACKAGING_DIR}/common/ATCS.jar"
+MANIFEST_LOCATION=${PACKAGING_DIR}/Manifest.txt
+echo ""
+
+echo "Getting version"
+VERSION=$(cat ${PACKAGING_DIR}/ATCS_latest)
+echo "Got version ${VERSION}"
+
+echo "Removing tmp folder"
+rm -rf ${PACKAGING_DIR}/tmp/
+echo "recreating tmp folder"
+mkdir ${PACKAGING_DIR}/tmp/
+#ATCS_SOURCE_DIR="${PACKAGING_DIR}/.."
+echo ""
+#copy manifest to temp folder for editing
+cp ${MANIFEST_LOCATION} ${TEMP_DIR}
+MANIFEST_LOCATION=${TEMP_DIR}/Manifest.txt
+
+#copy lib files to packaged folder?
+echo 'copying lib files'
+mkdir ${PACKAGING_DIR}/common/lib/
+cp ${ATCS_SOURCE_DIR}/lib/* ${PACKAGING_DIR}/common/lib/
+
+cd $ATCS_SOURCE_DIR
+#set ClassPath variable to use in the building etc.
+echo 'setting class path'
+CP="lib/*:src:hacked-libtiled:siphash-zackehh/src/main/java"
+echo "ClassPath: "
+echo ${CP}
+echo ""
+
+#set build the classes
+echo 'building java classes'
+#javac -cp $CP *.java
+javac -cp $CP ${ATCS_SOURCE_DIR}/src/com/gpl/rpg/atcontentstudio/*.java -d ${TEMP_DIR}
+echo ""
+LIB_PATHS=$(find lib -name '*.jar' | paste -sd' ')
+echo "LIB_PATHS: ${LIB_PATHS}"
+# add all lib files to the class path in the temp Manifest
+echo "Class-Path: . lib/* ${LIB_PATHS}" >>${MANIFEST_LOCATION}
+
+echo ""
+echo "creating jar at location: ${JAR_LOCATION}"
+
+# create the jar file
+# the command with those parameters requires this format:
+# jar vmfc <Manifest file> <Jar file (target location)> <all things to add to the jar file>
+# the things to add always use the whole relative path from the current dir,
+# so when that is not wanted, the -C <location> thing will change to that dir
+jar mfc ${MANIFEST_LOCATION} ${JAR_LOCATION} -C ${PACKAGING_DIR}/tmp/ com/gpl/rpg/atcontentstudio/ -C res . -C ${ATCS_SOURCE_DIR}/src .
+#-C ${ATCS_SOURCE_DIR} lib -
+
+echo ''
+echo "Done creating jar"
+cd ${PACKAGING_DIR}
+echo "Creating zip"
+tar caf "ATCS_${VERSION}.zip" "common"
+echo "Created zip at ${PACKAGING_DIR}/ATCS_${VERSION}.zip"