diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index 5bb7c0f..966c709 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ name: Build Projects
 
 on:
   push:
-    branches: [ main, integration ]
+    branches: [ main, integration, dev/**]
   pull_request:
     branches: [ main, integration ]
 
@@ -14,8 +14,14 @@ jobs:
         target:
           - zig: x86_64-linux-gnu
             os: self-hosted-linux
+            zipCommand: tar -cvfz
+            zipName: package.tar.xz
+            python: $PYTHON_NAME
           - zig: x86_64-windows
             os: self-hosted-windows
+            zipCommand: zip
+            zipName: package.zip
+            python: %PYTHON_NAME%
 
     steps:
     - name: Checkout repository
@@ -23,15 +29,12 @@ jobs:
       with:
         submodules: recursive
 
-    - name: Build projects
-      working-directory: ./projects
-      run: zig build install -Dtarget=${{ matrix.target.zig }}
+    - name: Get short commit SHA
+      id: commit
+      shell: bash
+      run: echo "sha_short=$(git rev-parse --short HEAD)" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+
+    - name: Build Debug
+      working-directory: ./projects
+      run: ${{ matrix.target.python }} ../tools/scripts/automation.py  ${{ matrix.target.zig }} --deploy=${{ steps.commit.outputs.sha_short }} --branch=${{ github.head_ref ||  github.ref_name }}
 
-    - name: Upload build artifacts
-      uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
-      if: success()
-      with:
-        name: build-artifacts-${{ matrix.target.zig }}
-        path: |
-          projects/zig-out/
-        retention-days: 7
diff --git a/build.zig b/build.zig
index e51d848..5e1b488 100644
--- a/build.zig
+++ b/build.zig
@@ -401,7 +401,6 @@ pub const Program = struct {
         for (self.gameModules.items) |*m| {
             if (std.mem.eql(u8, m.name, module)) {
                 m.enabled = enable;
-                std.debug.print("enabling module {s} {any}\n", .{ module, enable });
                 return;
             }
         }
diff --git a/tools/scripts/automation.py b/tools/scripts/automation.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..64c792d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/scripts/automation.py
@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+import os
+import argparse
+import subprocess
+
+orig_dir = os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(__file__))
+
+def getCommitHash():
+    commit_hash = subprocess.check_output(
+      ['git', 'rev-parse', '--short', 'HEAD'],
+      text=True
+    ).strip()
+    print(commit_hash)
+
+
+dryRun = False
+
+def run(cmd):
+    global dryRun
+    print(" ".join(cmd))
+    if not dryRun:
+        print(subprocess.check_output(cmd, shell=True).decode())
+
+def buildAndPackage(branch, target, deploy):
+    run(['zig', 'build', 'install', f'-Dtarget={target}', '--prefix', 'zig-out-debug'])
+    run(['zig', 'build', 'install', f'-Dtarget={target}', '-Dstatic_build', '-Doptimize=ReleaseSafe', '--prefix', 'zig-out-release'])
+
+    if deploy is not None:
+        def makePackage(target, branch, deploy, tag):
+            host = '$BACKLOG_INFRA_DEPLOY_HOST'
+            path = '$BACKLOG_INFRA_DEPLOY_PATH'
+
+            if os.name == 'nt':
+                host = '%BACKLOG_INFRA_DEPLOY_HOST%'
+                path = '%BACKLOG_INFRA_DEPLOY_PATH%'
+
+            run(['ssh', host, f'mkdir -p {path}/{branch}/{deploy}'])
+
+            if os.name == 'nt':
+                packageFile = f'{deploy}-{tag}-{target}.zip'
+                run(['zip', '-r', '-7', packageFile, f'zig-out-{tag}'])
+                run(['scp', packageFile, f'{host}:{path}/{branch}/{deploy}/{packageFile}'])
+            else:
+                packageFile = f'{deploy}-{tag}.tar.xz'
+                run(['tar', '-cvzf',  packageFile, f'zig-out-{tag}'])
+                run(['scp', packageFile, f'{host}:{path}/{branch}/{deploy}/{packageFile}'])
+
+        makePackage(target, branch, deploy, 'debug')
+        makePackage(target, branch, deploy, 'release')
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description='run automation tasks for the repo')
+
+    # Positional argument (required)
+    parser.add_argument('--deploy', nargs="?", help='Path to the input file')
+    parser.add_argument('--branch', default="manual", help='branch name')
+    parser.add_argument('--dry', action="store_true", help='dont run anything')
+
+    parser.add_argument('target', help='required')
+
+
+    args = parser.parse_args()
+    if args.dry:
+        dryRun = True
+
+    buildAndPackage(args.branch, args.target, args.deploy)
+