
Mateusz Skutnik (aliases "Murtaugh" and "Mask") is the author of the Submachine series, as well as many other notable series of games, including "Covert Front," "Daymare Town," the "10 Gnomes" games series, and the "Squirrel Family" games.
Mateusz Skutnik is a Polish developer who has been active since 2005 and continues to release work through 2025. His catalog on PlayPile includes 52 titles where he served as the developer, alongside 17 projects listed under his publishing credit. The vast majority of his output focuses on point-and-click adventures with 45 entries in that genre. He also has a strong presence in puzzle games with 43 titles and adventure games with 40. While he occasionally works in indie, arcade, platformer, and shooter categories, those numbers are much smaller. His games appear most frequently on PC running Microsoft Windows with 32 releases. Web browser games make up 28 of his projects, followed by Mac platforms with 24 titles. Linux support is minimal with only five games listed. His production volume changed significantly over the decades. He released 14 games during the 2000s and saw a major surge in the 2010s with 33 releases. The 2020s have been quieter so far with just five games to his name. This recent period includes Daymare Town which arrived in September 2025. Other recent titles include Submachine: Legacy from October 2023, Daymare Cat for its 10-year anniversary in June 2023, and Daymare Stray in March 2023. Slice of Sea was released in November 2021 to round out this list. Skutnik is best known as the author of the Submachine series according to his IGDB bio. He also created other notable series such as Covert Front, the 10 Gnomes games, and the Squirrel Family games. His alias Murtaugh or Mask appears in industry records. The data does not provide specific rating scores for these titles, so we cannot confirm if the community views his work as great or poor based on this text alone. His output remains heavily concentrated in specific genres rather than spreading across many types of gameplay. Players who browse PlayPile looking for browser-based point-and-click adventures will find his name appearing frequently in search results.















































