The website was founded at the same time, acting as a portal for both development and players. OpenClonk development began with the release of the source code of Clonk Rage in February 2009 and a later release under the ISC license in May 2009.

King of the Hill: try to defend a region as long as possible.

Capture the Flag: capture enemy flags and bring them to your base to gain points.

Deathmatch: players must achieve a certain number of kills.

Last Man Standing: players have a limited number of respawns and must survive as long as possible.

The player uses a single clonk to attack enemies with various weapons such as swords, bows, dynamite, grenade launchers, muskets, and catapults.

The Melee gamemode is focused on the elimination of other players, which can last between 5 and 30 minutes.

Players can destroy solid materials or liquids by using a variety of tools, which allows for dynamic gameplay. The landscape is constructed out of different materials like earth, tunnels, sky, coal, ore, gold, and water. The game world consists of a dynamic and destructible landscape. The player controls clonks, which can perform various tasks ranging from shoveling through dirt and throwing dynamite to mining gold, constructing buildings, and wielding swords. The source code is available under the ISC license and game content is licensed under CC BY-SA, CC BY and CC0.

The OpenClonk project is a continuation of the Clonk game series and game engine, which are now discontinued.

The game features a single-player and multiplayer mode, and supports cross-platform play across Microsoft Windows, Linux, and MacOS. The main mechanics of the game include mining, settling, player vs player combat, and tactical gameplay. OpenClonk is a free and open-source 2D multiplayer action game, in which the player controls small humanoids called 'clonks'.

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