diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/release.yml b/.gitea/workflows/release.yml
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+name: Build and Release Resource Pack
+
+on:
+  push:
+    tags:
+      - 'v*'
+      - 'V*'
+      - '*.*.*'
+  workflow_dispatch:
+    inputs:
+      tag:
+        description: 'Tag name to release (e.g., v1.2.3)'
+        required: false
+        type: string
+      prerelease:
+        description: 'Mark as prerelease (GitHub only)'
+        required: false
+        default: false
+        type: boolean
+name: Release Resource Pack
+
+on:
+  push:
+    tags:
+      - 'v*'
+      - '*.*.*'
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+jobs:
+  release:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Ensure zip is available
+        run: |
+          if ! command -v zip >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+            sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install -y zip
+          fi
+
+      - name: Zip and SHA1
+        run: |
+          set -euo pipefail
+          test -f pack.mcmeta || { echo "pack.mcmeta not found at repo root"; exit 1; }
+          TAG="${GITHUB_REF_NAME:-dev}"
+          REPO_NAME="${GITHUB_REPOSITORY##*/}"
+          ZIP_NAME="${REPO_NAME}-${TAG}.zip"
+          zip -r -9 "${ZIP_NAME}" pack.mcmeta pack.png assets -x "**/.DS_Store" "**/Thumbs.db"
+          sha1sum "${ZIP_NAME}" | tee "${ZIP_NAME}.sha1"
+          echo "ZIP_PATH=${ZIP_NAME}" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
+          echo "SHA1_PATH=${ZIP_NAME}.sha1" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
+
+      - name: Release (Forgejo/Gitea)
+        uses: https://gitea.com/actions/forgejo-release@v1
+        env:
+          GITEA_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITEA_TOKEN }}
+        with:
+          direction: upload
+          tag: ${{ github.ref_name }}
+          files: |
+            ${{ env.ZIP_PATH }}
+            ${{ env.SHA1_PATH }}
+          else
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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+# Build artifacts
+*.zip
+*.sha1
+
+# OS junk
+.DS_Store
+Thumbs.db
+
+# Editors/IDE
+.vscode/
+.idea/
+
+# Node, Python, etc. (in case future tooling is added)
+node_modules/
+dist/
+build/
+__pycache__/
+*.pyc