diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index bc89f251e..7d7fee79a 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -200,9 +200,13 @@ configure_file(${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/src/config.h.in ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINAR
 if("${SRB2_SDL2_EXE_NAME}" STREQUAL "")
 	list(APPEND EXE_NAME_PARTS "blankart")
 
-	if(NOT "${SRB2_GIT_BRANCH}" STREQUAL "master")
+	if(NOT "${SRB2_GIT_BRANCH}" STREQUAL "master" AND NOT SRB2_CONFIG_COMPILEAPPIMAGE)
 		list(APPEND EXE_NAME_PARTS ${SRB2_GIT_BRANCH})
 	endif()
+
+	if(SRB2_CONFIG_COMPILEAPPIMAGE AND "${CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME}" MATCHES "Linux")
+		list(APPEND EXE_NAME_PARTS "appimagebuild")
+	endif()
 else()
 	list(APPEND EXE_NAME_PARTS ${SRB2_SDL2_EXE_NAME})
 endif()
diff --git a/appimage_build.sh b/appimage_build.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..5349f513e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/appimage_build.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,338 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+set -e # Enable auto-exit for debugging :))
+
+# Make Linux AppImage program data
+# https://docs.appimage.org/reference/appdir.html
+
+# PWD: {repo_root}/build
+# See deployer.sh for usage
+
+# Terminal stuff
+RESET="$(tput sgr0)" #"\e[0m" # Resets terminal colors
+
+# Colors for various information types
+FAILURE="$(tput setaf 1)" #"\e[91m"
+SUCCESS="$(tput setaf 2)" #"\e[92m"
+NOTICE="$(tput setaf 3)" #"\e[93m"
+VERBOSE="$(tput setaf 4)" #"\e[94m"
+
+verbosity=0 # By default don't print anything unless it's *ultra* important.
+quiet=0 # Also don't print anything if they supplied the quiet argument
+
+# URL from which to download appimagetool if there isn't one available in your $PATH
+# at time of writing only aarch64, armhf, i686, and x86_64 versions are available via this method
+# in those cases, and honestly even outside of those cases, it's better to just put a working one in your $PATH yourself..
+url="https://github.com/AppImage/AppImageKit/releases/download/continuous/appimagetool-$(uname -m).AppImage"
+
+# A whitelist of libraries to include into BlanKart's AppImage if BlanKart is dynamically linked.
+# please don't add a newline at the end of this or i will cry :(
+libraryWhitelist="
+libopenal
+libgme
+libopenmpt
+libpng
+libpng16
+libFLAC
+libmpg123
+libmp3lame
+libogg
+libvorbis
+libopus
+libsndfile
+libvorbisenc
+libjson
+libreadline
+libwrap
+libtinfo
+libtirpc"
+
+# these kinda look like macros don't they
+function print { (( "$quiet" == 0 )) && echo "$@" || :; } # echo if not quiet
+function coloredText { printf "$1"; print "${@:2}"; printf "$RESET"; } # use print to inherit quiet
+function success { coloredText "$SUCCESS" "$@"; } # use coloredText to inherit quiet
+function important { coloredText "$NOTICE" "$@"; } # use coloredText to inherit quiet
+function verboseOnly { (( "$verbosity" >= $1 )) && (coloredText "$VERBOSE" "${@:2}") || :; } # use coloredText to inherit quiet
+
+# Parses an argument with a single dash
+function parseSingleDashArg() {
+	while read -n 1 char; do
+		if [[ "$char" == '-' || "$char" == '' ]]; then
+			:
+		elif [[ "$char" == 'h' ]]; then
+			helppassed=1
+		elif [[ "$char" == 'q' ]]; then
+			quiet=1
+		elif [[ "$char" == 'v' ]]; then
+			verbosity="$((verbosity + 1))"
+		elif [[ "$char" == 'd' ]]; then
+			dry=1
+		elif [[ "$char" == 's' ]]; then
+			small=1
+		else
+			echo "$0: invalid option -- '$1'"
+			echo "Try '$0 --help' for more information."
+			return 1
+		fi
+	done <<<"$1"
+}
+
+# Simple help argument checker.
+currentarg=1; # Which argument is --help...
+
+# For $arg in the argument array...
+for arg in "$@"; do
+	# Is it a help argument?
+	if [[ "$arg" == "--help" ]]; then
+		helppassed=1; # Help is passed, set $helppassed!
+		set -- "${@:1:$currentarg-1}" "${@:$currentarg+1}" # Remove argument from list
+	elif [[ "$arg" == "--quiet" ]]; then
+		quiet=1
+		set -- "${@:1:$currentarg-1}" "${@:$currentarg+1}"
+	elif [[ "$arg" == "--verbose" ]]; then
+		verbosity="$((verbosity + 1))" # Increase verbosity!
+		set -- "${@:1:$currentarg-1}" "${@:$currentarg+1}"
+	elif [[ "$arg" == "--dry" ]]; then
+		dry=1; # Show parameters instead of using them.
+		set -- "${@:1:$currentarg-1}" "${@:$currentarg+1}"
+	elif [[ "$arg" == "--small" ]]; then
+		small=1; # Don't copy assets to save on bandwidth.
+		set -- "${@:1:$currentarg-1}" "${@:$currentarg+1}"
+	elif [[ ! "$arg" == *'--'* && "$arg" == *'-'* ]]; then
+		parseSingleDashArg "$arg"
+
+		if [[ "$?" == 0 ]]; then
+			set -- "${@:1:$currentarg-1}" "${@:$currentarg+1}" # Remove argument from list
+		fi
+	elif [[ $arg == *'--'* ]]; then
+		print "$0: invalid option -- '$1'"
+		print "Try '$0 --help' for more information."
+		return 1
+	else
+		currentarg="$((currentarg+1))" # Increment current argument number otherwise...
+	fi
+done
+
+important "BlanKart AppImage Packager v1.0."
+important "Modified by Team BlanKart."
+important "Original for SRB2 my mazmazz and Golden."
+
+# Get root directory from the full path of this script.
+__ROOT_DIR="$3"
+
+if [[ -z "$3" ]]; then
+	# finds out where this script is and goes to that directory and goes up one for the root
+
+	scriptdir="$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")"
+	scriptbase="$(basename "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")"
+
+	__ROOT_DIR="$(cd "$scriptdir" && pwd -P)"
+fi
+
+# If it starts with '.', put the current working directory behind it so things work.
+if [[ "$__ROOT_DIR" == '.' || "$__ROOT_DIR" == '..' ]]; then
+	__ROOT_DIR="$PWD/$__ROOT_DIR"
+fi
+
+# Set up defaults
+__PROGRAM_NAME="${PROGRAM_NAME:-"BlanKart"}"
+__PROGRAM_DESCRIPTION="${PROGRAM_DESCRIPTION:-"BlanKart"}"
+__PROGRAM_FILENAME="${PROGRAM_FILENAME:-"blankart_appimagebuild"}"
+__PROGRAM_ASSETS="${PROGRAM_ASSETS:-"$__ROOT_DIR/assets/installer"}"
+
+__BUILD_DIR="${1:-"$__ROOT_DIR/build/bin"}"
+__OUTPUT_FILENAME="${2:-"$__PROGRAM_FILENAME.AppImage"}"
+
+__APPIMAGETOOL="${4:-"appimagetool"}"
+
+if (! command -v "$__APPIMAGETOOL" &> /dev/null); then
+	__APPIMAGETOOL=
+fi
+
+# Stuff that prints and exits.
+
+# Prints setup text using method given by arguments.
+# Example: printSetup "print" # print "Setup for AppImage...
+function printSetup {
+	$@ "Setup for AppImage in BUILD_DIR: '$__BUILD_DIR'..."
+	$@ "With the OUTPUT_FILENAME: '$__OUTPUT_FILENAME'"
+	$@ "And BlanKart Repository Root ROOT_DIR: '$__ROOT_DIR'"
+	$@ "Using APPIMAGETOOL: '$([ -z "$__APPIMAGETOOL" ] && echo '(download)' || echo $__APPIMAGETOOL)'"
+	$@ ""
+	$@ "This should be run from a Makefile or from the directory of the build. If it is not, then change to that directory or specify that directory as an argument."
+	$@ "If ROOT_DIR isn't BlanKart's repository root, specify that as an argument too."
+	$@ "Make must have built the program before you run this script."
+	$@ ""
+	$@ "Make sure these Environment Variables are correct."
+	$@ "If not, then enter: export PROGRAM_VARIABLE=value"
+	$@ "PROGRAM_NAME: $__PROGRAM_NAME"
+	$@ "PROGRAM_DESCRIPTION: $__PROGRAM_DESCRIPTION"
+	$@ "PROGRAM_FILENAME: $__PROGRAM_FILENAME"
+	$@ "PROGRAM_ASSETS: $__PROGRAM_ASSETS"
+}
+
+if [[ "$helppassed" ]]; then
+	print "Usage: $(basename "$0") [OPTION]... [BUILD_DIR] [OUTPUT_NAME] [ROOT_DIR] [APPIMAGETOOL]"
+	print "Packages a BlanKart binary into an AppImage."
+	print "OPTIONs may be included anywhere within the arguments."
+	print ""
+	print "Arguments:"
+	print "    -h, --help              display this help and exit."
+	print "    -q, --quiet             don't display any text."
+	print "    -v, --verbose           make commands more verbose, will always print."
+	print "    -s, --small             don't copy BlanKart assets to save on bandwidth."
+	print "                            parameters regardless of --dry."
+	print "    -d, --dry               print parameters and exit."
+	print ""
+	if (( "$verbosity" > 0 )) || [[ "$dry" ]]; then
+		printSetup "print"
+	else
+		print "This should be run from a Makefile or from the directory of the build."
+		print "Make must have built the program before you run this script."
+	fi
+	exit;
+fi
+
+if (( "$verbosity" > 0 )) || [[ "$dry" ]]; then
+	printSetup "verboseOnly" "0"
+	verboseOnly 0 ""
+
+	if [[ "$dry" ]]; then
+		set -n # Enable debug mode and verbose for dry run.
+	fi
+fi
+
+# End stuff that prints and exits.
+
+if (( "$verbosity" >= 4 )); then
+	set -v # Really verbose? Print *everything*!
+fi
+
+# Define AppDir structure
+mkdir -p "$__BUILD_DIR/AppDir/usr/bin"
+mkdir -p "$__BUILD_DIR/AppDir/lib"
+mkdir -p "$__BUILD_DIR/AppDir/usr/share/applications"
+mkdir -p "$__BUILD_DIR/AppDir/usr/share/icons/hicolor/256x256/apps"
+
+# Copy program data
+if [[ ! $small ]]; then
+	verboseOnly 1 "Packaging program assets..."
+	cp -r "$__PROGRAM_ASSETS"/* "$__BUILD_DIR/AppDir/usr/bin/"
+	cp -r "$__BUILD_DIR/$__PROGRAM_FILENAME" "$__BUILD_DIR/AppDir/usr/bin"
+else
+	verboseOnly 1 "Skipping program asset packing, --small or -s passed..."
+fi
+
+verboseOnly 1 "Packaging BlanKart..."
+verboseOnly 1 "Assuming executable name $__PROGRAM_FILENAME"
+cp -r "$__BUILD_DIR/$__PROGRAM_FILENAME" "$__BUILD_DIR/AppDir/usr/bin"
+
+# Copy required dependencies, but only if the program is dynamically linked.
+verboseOnly 1 "Testing if this build is dynamically linked..."
+
+set +e # Disable auto-exit for ldd.
+
+srb2Libraries="$(ldd "$__BUILD_DIR/$__PROGRAM_FILENAME")"
+exitcode="$?"
+
+set -e # Enable it again!
+
+if (( $exitcode == 0 )); then
+	verboseOnly 1 "This build *is* dynamically linked! Packaging dependencies."
+
+	# read the dynamic libraries of blankart, trim off beginning whitespace, and get the third field seperated by spaces
+	# this gives us a newline-seperated list of libraries with their full paths.
+	srb2Libraries="$(echo "$srb2Libraries" | cut -f 2 | cut -d ' ' -f 3)"
+
+	# remove any extraneous newlines around the string
+	libraryWhitelist="$(echo $libraryWhitelist | head -c -1 | tr ' ' '\n')"
+
+	# replace e.g. 'abc' with '(/abc\b)', and replace newlines with '|'.
+	# this converts it into a grep regular expression to check for any whitelisted library names.
+	libraryWhitelist="$(printf "%s" "$libraryWhitelist" | sed 's|.*|(/\0\\b)|' | tr '\n' '|')"
+
+	# grab only the entries that match the regex
+	__LDD_LIST="$(printf "%s" "$srb2Libraries" | grep -E "$libraryWhitelist")"
+
+	# use echo to convert the newline-seperated list into an argument list
+	__LDD_LIST="$(echo $__LDD_LIST)"
+
+	# read into an array because i can't be bothered iterating the lines of a string today
+	# there's so many other things in this file that'd need to be adjusted to be POSIX-compliant anyway
+	IFS=' ' read -r -a paths <<< "$__LDD_LIST"
+
+	for path in "${paths[@]}"; do
+	    if [ -f "$path" ]; then
+	        verboseOnly 2 "Packaging dependency $(basename "$path")..."
+	        cp "$path" $__BUILD_DIR/AppDir/lib/
+	    else
+	        verboseOnly 2 "Dependency $(basename "$path") not found"
+	    fi
+	done
+else
+	verboseOnly 1 "This BlanKart build is statically linked, skipping dependency packing."
+fi
+
+cd "$__BUILD_DIR/AppDir"
+
+# Copy icons
+verboseOnly 1 "Packaging resources..."
+cp "$__ROOT_DIR/srb2.png" "./usr/share/icons/hicolor/256x256/apps/$__PROGRAM_FILENAME.png"
+ln -sf "./usr/share/icons/hicolor/256x256/apps/$__PROGRAM_FILENAME.png" "./.DirIcon"
+ln -sf "./usr/share/icons/hicolor/256x256/apps/$__PROGRAM_FILENAME.png" "./$__PROGRAM_FILENAME.png"
+
+# Make desktop descriptor
+cat > "./usr/share/applications/$__PROGRAM_FILENAME.desktop" <<EOF
+[Desktop Entry]
+Type=Application
+Name=$__PROGRAM_NAME
+Comment=$__PROGRAM_DESCRIPTION
+Icon=$__PROGRAM_FILENAME
+Exec=AppRun %F
+Categories=Game;
+EOF
+
+ln -sf "./usr/share/applications/$__PROGRAM_FILENAME.desktop" "./$__PROGRAM_FILENAME.desktop"
+
+# Make entry point
+echo -e '#!'"$(dirname "$SHELL")/sh" > ./AppRun
+echo -e 'HERE="$(dirname "$(readlink -f "${0}")")"' >> ./AppRun
+echo -e 'SRB2WADDIR=$HERE/usr/bin LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$LD_LIBRARY_PATH:$HERE/lib exec $HERE/usr/bin/'"$__PROGRAM_FILENAME"' "$@"' >> ./AppRun
+chmod +x ./AppRun
+
+cd .. # now in $__BUILD_DIR
+
+# Package AppImage
+if [ -z "$__APPIMAGETOOL" ]; then
+	verboseOnly 1 "No valid appimagetool path given or detected, downloading appimagetool..."
+
+	# Print notice for internet connection.
+	important "If the command hangs here, check your internet connection, or download appimagetool and add it to your \$PATH and try compiling again."
+
+	(( "$verbosity" >= 3 )) && wget "$url" || wget -q "$url"
+
+	APPIMAGETOOL="./$(basename "$url")"
+	chmod a+x "$APPIMAGETOOL"
+else
+	verboseOnly 1 "appimagetool path given or detected, no download required."
+	APPIMAGETOOL="$__APPIMAGETOOL"
+fi
+
+verboseOnly 1 "Packing AppImage $__OUTPUT_FILENAME"
+
+if (( verbosity >= 3 )); then
+	"$APPIMAGETOOL" ./AppDir "$__OUTPUT_FILENAME"
+elif (( verbosity >= 2 )); then
+	"$APPIMAGETOOL" ./AppDir "$__OUTPUT_FILENAME" >/dev/null
+else
+	"$APPIMAGETOOL" ./AppDir "$__OUTPUT_FILENAME" >/dev/null 2>&1
+fi
+
+success "AppImage ready!"
+verboseOnly 1 "Cleaning up files..."
+rm -r ./AppDir
+
+if [ -z "$__APPIMAGETOOL" ]; then
+	rm "$APPIMAGETOOL"
+fi
+
+cd "$__ROOT_DIR" # snap back to reality
diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
index d4e256c7c..729c3a4d2 100644
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -176,6 +176,19 @@ endif()
 set(SRB2_CONFIG_STD23 OFF CACHE BOOL
 	"Compiles the game under c23 and cxx23 instead c11 and cxx17.")
 
+set(SRB2_CONFIG_COMPILEAPPIMAGE OFF CACHE BOOL
+	"Compiles the game then attempts turning it into an appimage.")
+
+if(SRB2_CONFIG_COMPILEAPPIMAGE AND "${CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME}" MATCHES "Linux")
+message("-- Generating Appimage at build time.")
+add_custom_command(
+	TARGET SRB2SDL2
+	POST_BUILD
+	WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/bin/
+	COMMAND ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/appimage_build.sh -s
+)
+endif()
+
 if(SRB2_CONFIG_STD23)
 	message("-- Compiling game with C23 and CXX23.")
 	target_compile_features(SRB2SDL2 PRIVATE c_std_23 cxx_std_23)