diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index a47f791..5a2500e 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 .vscode/launch.json
 
 cmd/tins2020/*rice-box.*
+scripts/build
diff --git a/scripts/release.sh b/scripts/release.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..16095ee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/release.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+if [ -z "$1" ]
+then
+    version="0.0.0"
+else
+    version="$1"
+fi
+
+echo "Creating ${version} release"
+
+rm -rf build/linux*
+rm -rf build/windows*
+
+mkdir -p build/linux
+mkdir -p build/windows
+
+go build -tags static -ldflags "-s -w" -o build/linux/botanim ../cmd/tins2020
+cp ../README.md build/linux
+
+CGO_ENABLED=1 CC=x86_64-w64-mingw32-gcc GOOS=windows GOARCH=amd64 go build -tags static -ldflags "-s -w" -o build/windows/botanim.exe ../cmd/tins2020
+cp ../README.md build/windows
+
+
+mkdir -p build/release
+
+cd build
+
+cd linux
+zip -9 -q ../release/botanim_${version}_linux_amd64.zip *
+echo "Created Linux release: build/release/botanim_${version}_linux_amd64.zip"
+cd ..
+
+cd windows
+zip -9 -q ../release/botanim_${version}_windows_amd64.zip *
+echo "Created Windows release: build/release/botanim_${version}_windows_amd64.zip"
+cd ..