diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index b2bf935626..ab1e5ef781 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 - Added resource to easily configure magic numbers in solver (#1281, **@GCeSilva**).
 - Audio Plugin (#1004, **@Dageus**, **@diogomsmiranda**).
 - Contact caching for collision between box shapes (#1355, **@fallenatlas**).
+- Template Cubos project (#1009, **@RiscadoA**).
 
 ### Changed
 
diff --git a/tools/tesseratos/CMakeLists.txt b/tools/tesseratos/CMakeLists.txt
index b1e13fd411..89ac66ab36 100644
--- a/tools/tesseratos/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/tools/tesseratos/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -28,11 +28,13 @@ cubos_common_target_options(tesseratos)
 
 if (TESSERATOS_DISTRIBUTE)
 	target_compile_definitions(tesseratos PRIVATE
+		TEMPLATES_PATH="templates"
 		APP_ASSETS_PATH="assets"
 		BUILTIN_ASSETS_PATH="builtin"
 	)
 else()
 	target_compile_definitions(tesseratos PRIVATE
+		TEMPLATES_PATH="${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/templates"
 		APP_ASSETS_PATH="${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/assets"
 		BUILTIN_ASSETS_PATH="${CUBOS_ENGINE_ASSETS_PATH}"
 	)
@@ -42,6 +44,7 @@ endif()
 
 if(TESSERATOS_DISTRIBUTE)
 	install(TARGETS tesseratos RUNTIME DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_BINDIR})
+	install(DIRECTORY templates/ DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_DATADIR}/tesseratos/templates)
 	install(DIRECTORY assets/ DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_DATADIR}/tesseratos/assets)
     install(DIRECTORY ${CUBOS_ENGINE_ASSETS_PATH}/ DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_DATADIR}/tesseratos/builtin)
 endif()
diff --git a/tools/tesseratos/templates/simple/CMakeLists.txt b/tools/tesseratos/templates/simple/CMakeLists.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..07535e8bcd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/tesseratos/templates/simple/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.20.0)
+project(game VERSION 0.1.0)
+
+option(DISTRIBUTE "Build the game for distribution" OFF)
+
+add_executable(game
+    src/main.cpp
+)
+
+find_package(cubos REQUIRED)
+target_link_libraries(game cubos::engine)
+
+target_compile_features(game PRIVATE cxx_std_20)
+target_compile_options(game PRIVATE
+    # Enable preprocessor conformance mode in MSVC - required for __VA_ARGS__ to work correctly
+    $<$<CXX_COMPILER_ID:MSVC>: /Zc:preprocessor>
+)
+
+if(DISTRIBUTE)
+    # If we're building for distribution, we want to use the assets directories in the same directory as the executable
+    target_compile_definitions(game PRIVATE
+		APP_ASSETS_PATH="assets"
+		BUILTIN_ASSETS_PATH="builtin"
+	)
+
+    # On installation, copy both the executable and the assets directories to the installation directory
+    install(TARGETS game RUNTIME DESTINATION .)
+    install(DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/assets/ DESTINATION assets)
+    install(DIRECTORY ${CUBOS_ENGINE_ASSETS_PATH}/ DESTINATION builtin)
+else()
+    # If we're in development, we want to use the assets directory in the project directory
+    target_compile_definitions(game PRIVATE
+		APP_ASSETS_PATH="${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/assets"
+		BUILTIN_ASSETS_PATH="${CUBOS_ENGINE_ASSETS_PATH}"
+	)
+endif()
diff --git a/tools/tesseratos/templates/simple/assets/scenes/main.cubos b/tools/tesseratos/templates/simple/assets/scenes/main.cubos
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..279d4ba152
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/tesseratos/templates/simple/assets/scenes/main.cubos
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+{
+    "entities": {
+        "render-target": {
+            "cubos::engine::RenderTargetDefaults": {},
+            "cubos::engine::GizmosTarget": {}
+        },
+        "camera": {
+            "cubos::engine::PerspectiveCamera": 70.0,
+            "cubos::engine::DrawsTo@render-target": {},
+            "cubos::engine::Position": {
+                "x": 0,
+                "y": 0,
+                "z": 0
+            }
+        },
+        "sun": {
+            "cubos::engine::DirectionalLight": {
+                "color": {
+                    "x": 1.0,
+                    "y": 1.0,
+                    "z": 1.0
+                },
+                "intensity": 1.0
+            },
+            "cubos::engine::Rotation": {
+                "w": 1.0,
+                "x": 0.3,
+                "y": -0.1,
+                "z": 0.5
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tools/tesseratos/templates/simple/assets/scenes/main.cubos.meta b/tools/tesseratos/templates/simple/assets/scenes/main.cubos.meta
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..bb5f9cf193
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/tesseratos/templates/simple/assets/scenes/main.cubos.meta
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+{
+    "id": "ba173db6-4e44-45bc-9cef-c4a25bba8823"
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tools/tesseratos/templates/simple/src/main.cpp b/tools/tesseratos/templates/simple/src/main.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..435fb25a4d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/tesseratos/templates/simple/src/main.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+#include <cubos/engine/assets/plugin.hpp>
+#include <cubos/engine/defaults/plugin.hpp>
+#include <cubos/engine/scene/plugin.hpp>
+#include <cubos/engine/settings/plugin.hpp>
+
+using namespace cubos::engine;
+
+static const Asset<Scene> MainSceneAsset = AnyAsset("ba173db6-4e44-45bc-9cef-c4a25bba8823");
+
+int main(int argc, char** argv)
+{
+    Cubos cubos{argc, argv};
+    cubos.plugin(defaultsPlugin);
+
+    // TODO: add your own game plugins here!
+
+    cubos.startupSystem("set the assets directory path").before(settingsTag).call([](Settings& settings) {
+        settings.setString("assets.app.osPath", APP_ASSETS_PATH);
+        settings.setString("assets.builtin.osPath", BUILTIN_ASSETS_PATH);
+    });
+
+    cubos.startupSystem("load and spawn the Main Scene")
+        .tagged(assetsTag)
+        .call([](Commands cmds, const Assets& assets) { cmds.spawn(assets.read(MainSceneAsset)->blueprint); });
+
+    cubos.run();
+}