Submachine 9 – The Temple, the latest installment in the most popular Room Escape series ever created,  is finally live!

Created by Mateusz Skutnik, your off on another high quality graphic adventure!

Have fun!

Play the other installments in the series:

Main storyline:

• Submachine 1: the Basement
• Submachine 2: the Lighthouse
• Submachine 3: the Loop
• Submachine 4: the Lab
• Submachine 5: the Root
• Submachine 6: the Edge
• Submachine 7: the Core
• Submachine 8: The Plan

Additionals:

• Submachine 0: the Ancient Adventure
• Submachine: Future Loop Foundation
• Submachine: 32 Chambers

Submachine 8 – The Plan, the eighth installment in the most popular Room Escape series ever created, is finally live!

“Plot: although for a large part unknown, it is known that we are following Murtaugh to Layer 5 through his karma portal and that Mur is after the ones who buried him alive inside the lighthouse of Kent.

The title could reference Mur’s plan for the Subnet, Liz’s plan for Mur, or the Subnet’s plan for the intruders (whatever those plans might be). Also it could be a plan to get the Player out of the Subnet for good.”

Have fun!

Play the other installments in the series:

Main storyline:

• Submachine 1: the Basement
• Submachine 2: the Lighthouse
• Submachine 3: the Loop
• Submachine 4: the Lab
• Submachine 5: the Root
• Submachine 6: the Edge
• Submachine 7: the Core

Additionals:

• Submachine 0: the Ancient Adventure
• Submachine: Future Loop Foundation
• Submachine: 32 Chambers

Submachine 7 – The Core, the seventh installment in the most popular Room Escape series ever created, is live!

“The game starts in The Sanctuary but big machines have been build up and the great wall to the left has been destroyed.

You will soon find a portal gateway to the Winter Palace, which was build by Sir Henry o’Toole, the architect of the Lighthouse.

The garden of the palace strangely resembles the structure of the Subnet…”

Have fun!

Play the other installments in the series:

main storyline:

• Submachine 1: the Basement
• Submachine 2: the Lighthouse
• Submachine 3: the Loop
• Submachine 4: the Lab
• Submachine 5: the Root
• Submachine 6: the Edge
• Submachine 7: the Core
• Submachine 8: the Plan (coming in 2011)

additionals:

• Submachine 0: the Ancient Adventure
• Submachine: Future Loop Foundation
• Submachine: 32 Chambers

Submachine 7 walkthrough in the comments
(thanks White Wolf!)

Submachine:32 Chambers is another short off-main-storyline installment of the Submachine series created by Mateusz Skutnik. This one was made for the sandbox themed CGDC8 competition at Jayisgames. Fans of the series will surely enjoy it! Have fun!

Submachine: 32 Chambers walkthrough (thanks Genie!)

Submachine 6 – The Edge, the sixth installment in one of the most – if not the most, popular Room Escape series ever created, is live!

After a long wait of 19 months, this new episode created by Mateusz Skutnik looks just awesome.

Arcadetown, the sponsor, states on their site “the Submachine series is famous for mind-bending puzzles and incredible graphics and fantastical locations, and Submachine 6 is no exception. Mateusz style is unique and each new episode gains in quality as the developer skills improve: Submachine 5 – The Root is no exception!”

Visually and esthetically, it’s even better, and Skutnik masters his art. Some players complained that it’s too easy, but all in all, this new episode is just great! Highly recommended!

Have fun!

Play the other installments in the series:

main storyline:

• Submachine 1: the Basement
• Submachine 2: the Lighthouse
• Submachine 3: the Loop
• Submachine 4: the Lab
• Submachine 5: the root
• Submachine 6: the edge

additionals:

• Submachine 0: the Ancient Adventure
• Submachine: Future Loop Foundation

Submachine 6 video walkthrough!

Submachine 6 walkthrough (thanks  Snowman!)

Submachine 5 – The Root, the next installment in one of the most popular Room Escape series ever created, is live!

This new episode created by Mateusz Skutnik brings us back to the “very first submachine ever built – historically speaking. It was created by an unknown scientist in the early 20th century. This is the place where it all started.”

Mateusz style is unique and each new episode gains in quality as the developer skills improve: Submachine 5 – The Root is no exception!

Go and retrieve the three “wisdom gems”, lost in the subnet, and don’t forget to look for the secrets hidden in the game.

Have fun!

Edit: Submachine 5 walkthrough in comments #12

Mateusz Skutnik aka Murtaugh has just released a new Room Escape game, Submachine: Futur Loop Foundation, the latest in his popular Submachine Series.

“In Submachine FLF (Future Loop Foundation) you find yourself locked in a padded room with only an ancient tape player at your feet. From this strange beginning unfolds an amazing mystery that you can solve in a world where memories are the key to the past, present, and future!

Who are you, and why can’t you remember how you got here? Who is the Future Loop Foundation? What do they want, and why are they holding you prisoner? Play Submachine FLF and solve the riddle for yourself!”

Well, all is said!

Have fun!

Source: Graeme.

Update: walkthrough in comment #2 (thanks Pszemek!)

Just received in my email box, from Mateusz Skutnik, the author of the famous Room Escape game Submachine series:

“Hi,
just wanted to let you know that there is a new chapter of the submachine available: Submachine 4: the Lab.

Submachine. The game in which with every puzzle solved, every chapter finished you fall deeper and deeper into mystery. Fourth chapter takes us to the heart of the submachine, the place where all questions will be finally answered. Or were finally answered. Once again it’s time to ask yourself – is it possible that you’re too late?”

Feel free to post your comments, and…

Have fun!

Note: complete walkthrough in comment #1!

Play Submachine 5 (walkthrough available) here!

Submachine Zero: Ancient Adventure is the latest Submachine sequel released by Mateusz Skutnik aka Murtaugh.

Designed in August to enter the first Game Design Competition organized by Casual Gameplay, this new adventure offers similar gameplay and atmosphere as the other Submachine games, but in a shorter way.

This one is easy, and you will only collect a few objects to use through the small labyrinth. With its very nice graphics and its mysterious background, Submachine Zero is another perfect Room Escape distraction for a short lunch break.

Have fun!

Submachine 3, the Loop is the third installment in the Submachine series created by Mateusz Skutnik. There are no items to collect in this one, but 11 levels to explore and many puzzles to solve that unlock the main exit button. The game uses passwords to save your progress: don’t forget to check the top of the screen at the beginning of each new level. Have fun!

Update: Submachine 3 walkthrough in comment #1.

Mateusz Skutnik (a.k.a. Murtaugh), a Flash developer and graphic designer from Poland, has just released a sequel to Submachine.

The first episode was launched in September 2005 and upgraded a month later. It’s an easy Room Escape game, with logical puzzles and 20 rooms to explore, perfect for beginners who are not really familiar with this kind of games.

In this sequel, The Lighthouse, the author has improved almost everything. More rooms to explore (98 instead of 20), more puzzles to solve, 20 hidden secrets to find (look closely everywhere!), and of course, due to this bigger, with 98 rooms to explore, tricky puzzles and 20 secrets (small red balls) hidden everywhere and usually hard to find (look closely).

Due to all these improvements and with its particular style emphasized by attractive graphics and nice sound effects, Submachine 2 is an excellent new Room Escape game, even with a few minor glitches here and there.

I’m looking forward to seeing what Murthaugh will implement in the third installment of Submachine series!

Submachine

Submachine 2

Source: Graeme

Update: walkthroughs in comments #2 and #3.

Update: Submachine 2 video walkthrough!

The Compound is a Room Escape game from Herbert Hibbert where you you wake up and find yourself locked in a compound for an unknown reason. This game seems to be inspired by the famous series Submachine from Mateusz Skutnik. The TAB key is active in this one. Have fun!

The Compound walkthrough (thanks White Wolf!)

Iron Works is a nice Bust-A-Move clone developed by Mateusz Skutnik, the creator of Submachine and Covert Front series.

The object of the game is to clear each level by using the iron ball launcher. Shoot the colored balls to link 3 or more of the same color and make them disappear from the board.

Iron Works is a very fun game to play, even if it is not as good as Frozen Bubble.

That being said, if you are a fan of this type of game, Iron Works is definitely worth a try!

Have fun!

Just found on Mateusz Skutnik’s Blog: “For all of You that enjoyed search for secret items in Submachines, or the bird quest in DayMare Town. This is a game created entirely on the idea of finding hidden Gnomes. You have 10 minutes to find 10 Gnomes – navigate via the normal point and click manner.” Have fun!

10 Gnomes, part 1: the Rooftops walkthrough in comment #19 (thanks Pinwheel!)

A big thank you to everyone that cast a vote in the 2007 Best Developers of the Year.

We are pleased to announce that nearly 5000 votes have been cast since you started voting for your favorite developers.

Without further ado, here are the 12 finalists you picked as the Best Developers of 2007 in their category, ranked by total votes received!

Paskapet (Russia) – Best Developer 2007 (Room Escape games)

Paskapet is a very prolific Flash game developer from Russia, who has released six Room Escape games in the last eight months! After the release of Escape Library, Paskapet made five games in the “Colored Rooms” series, Escape Pink Room, Magenta Room, Green Room, Orange Room and Turquoise Room.

Rodrigo Roesler (Brazil)

Rodrigo Roesler is a Web designer and a Flash game developer from Brazil. He released Trapped – The White Rabbit last September, the first installment of a very promising trilogy of Point’n’Click adventure and Escape games. The second installment, The Dark, is now live!

Shawn Tanner (U.S.A.)

Shawn Tanner is the author of several popular flash games and the Webmaster of Afro-Ninja Productions. Shawn released three Room Escape games this year in his very popular Escape series: Escape the Car, Escape the Closet and Escape the Phone Booth.

Bernd Mattiebe (Germany) – Best Developer 2007 (Adventure games)

Bernd Mattiebe is a German artist and designer. He is also the man who gave life last year to Wogger, a cute red alien. Since then, he has created over 100 chapters for the Wogger Mini series that more and more people enjoy playing every week.

Federico Rutenberg (Argentina)

Federico Rutenberg released the first chapter of Esklavos last April. Esklavos is a Point’n’Click Adventure series involving two young aliens. Since then, he has created 9 more chapters and Esklavos is quickly becoming popular series.

Mateusz Skutnik (Poland)

Mateusz Skutnik defines himself as a Flash games architect and a graphic novel artist. His best known adventure/escape series so far is Submachine (with two new chapters this year, Submachine 4 and FLF). He also started two new adventure series this year, Covert Front and Daymare Town. The author is now developing “Submachine 5: the Root” that should be released in January.

Bart Bonte (Belgium) – Best Developer 2007 (Puzzle games)

Bart Bonte is a Flash developer from Belgium who has already developed successful games. More well known for his Room Escape games (the Bonte Room series, A bark in the Dark, Loose the Moose), Bart released several puzzle games in 2007, such as Fields of Logic, Chicken Grow and more recently, Factory Balls.

Yoshio Ishii (Japan)

From japan, Yoshio Ishii has been designing Flash games for several years now. He is well known for his Neko Series, a series of games involving cats. In 2007, he decided to focus on creating puzzle games, and released some very creative games such as Plupon, the amazing Hoshi Saga series, and more recently, Slidon.

Stephen Harris (New Zealand)

Stephen Harris is the author of the Bloons series and many other successful games. The original Bloons game was released last March and became an instant hit. Since then, Stephen has created Bloons World, a site dedicated to Bloons fans, two “Bloons” Tower Defense games, and a few other puzzle/skill games!

John Cooney (U.S.A.) – Best Developer 2007 (Action/Skill games)

John Cooney is very well known in the Flash gaming community for his Ball Revamped and Four Second series. He released many new games this year, such as Scribble 2, Luminara, Ball Revamped 5 or Ocean Explorer to name a few. Now working full time at ArmorGames, you can expect more creative games from this guy!

WeCreateStuff (Israel)

WeCreateStuff defines itself as a group of (young) nerds with way too much free time. They released Portal: The Flash Version last October, a awesome Flash 2D version of the first person action/puzzle game developed by Valve.

Joel Esler (Australia)

Joel Esler is a Flash game developer from Australia. Last September, he uploaded at Kongregate his first game, a physics-based platformer named Manifold. Even though Manifold was only a demo, it was an instant hit. After a few weeks, Joel released Fold, a full version of his previous game with much more challenging levels!

Here at FreeGamesNews, we love free browser-based games. The end of the year is coming soon, and it’s time for YOU to cast your vote for the Best Developers of the year in our first annual FreeGamesNews Awards.

Here are the 10 nominees in the category Best Adventure games Developers of 2007, in alphabetical order:

Aztec (Japan)

Aztec is a Flash Adventure/Escape games designer from Japan. Between June and December 07, Aztec released four unique and superbly crafted games, Shrine (Jinja), Escape from Island, Escape from Octlien and Dr Dokkoy.

Anders Gustafsson (Swede)

Anders Gustafsson is an independent developer from Swede who mainly works with film and game production. He is well known in the Flash games community for his very popular Point’n’Click Adventure series Gateway. The second installment in the series was released last March.

Gionatan Iasio (Italy)

Gionatan Iasio is a Flash games designer from Italy and the brilliant mind behind the Warbears series. Warbears Mission 2 and Mission 3 were released this year, and the author is already working on the upcoming fourth installment in the series, “Underwater”.

Makibishi Studio

Makibishi Comic is a very creative and original Point’n’Click adventure game created by Makibishi Studio of Japan (their site really deserves a visit!) Makibishi Comic is loaded with fascinating artwork and the overall quality is impressive!

Bernd Mattiebe (Germany)

Bernd Mattiebe is a German artist and designer. He is also the man who gave life last year to Wogger, a cute red alien. Since then, he has created over 100 chapters for the Wogger Mini series that more and more people enjoy playing every week.

Dan Russell-Pinson (U.S.A.)

Dan Russell-Pinson has been programming since the early 80’, but he only started learning Flash a few months ago. Last August, he released the first chapter of Tipping Point, a very promising series of adventure games, and the second chapter went live a few weeks ago.

Federico Rutenberg (Argentina)

Federico Rutenberg released the first chapter of Esklavos last April. Esklavos is a Point’n’Click Adventure series involving two young aliens. Since then, he has created 9 more chapters and Esklavos is quickly becoming popular series.

On (Japan)

On of Eyezmaze, the creator of the hugely popular Grow series has released several games this year, with major hits like Dwarf Complete or Grow Island, along with a few others like Neighbours, Grow Nano vol.2 and Galves Adventure.

Mateusz Skutnik (Poland)

Mateusz Skutnik defines himself as a Flash games architect and a graphic novel artist. His best known adventure/escape series so far is Submachine (with two new chapters this year, Submachine 4 and FLF). He also started two new adventure series this year, Covert Front and Daymare Town. The author is now developing “Submachine 5: the Root” that should be released in January.

Trickysheep (New Zealand)

Trickysheep is a digital publisher based in New Zealand. The 21st of November, they released Anika’s Odyssey – Land of the Taniwha, “a magical adventure deep into a lush and enchanted land”. The game was coded by Jeff Nusz, the author of another original adventure game released this year, Sprout, with art by Tom Robinson.