# Critical Slash

> Critical Slash is an independent game studio in Uruapan, Mexico, making Heaven Crawler and a growing collection of strange, handmade games. Imagination, engineered.

Critical Slash is an independent game studio founded in 2018 by Juan Miguel Cerda Ordaz in Uruapan, Michoacán, Mexico. Its main game, Heaven Crawler, won the Grand Prize at the Supernova Devs Challenge 2025 and was showcased at Gamescom 2025. Contact: criticalslashstudio@gmail.com

## Games
- [Heaven Crawler](https://criticalslash.com/game/heaven-crawler): An atmospheric, isometric action roguelite. Explore The Womb: a forgotten, man-made tower that reaches the heavens.
- [Release the Slimes](https://criticalslash.com/game/release-the-slimes): Drop slimes, merge equal ones into bigger ones, then open the door and let them loose on the heroes storming your tower. You build. You commit. You watch.
- [Downbound](https://criticalslash.com/game/downbound): Heaven kicked you out. Dig into monster-filled depths, dodge the pursuing Pressure, and build a strange arsenal of weapons, boons, and relics.
- [Chrimp Desktop Pet](https://criticalslash.com/game/chrimp): A desktop companion where your pets live on top of everything. Wobbly chicken-shrimp creatures wander your actual screen, nap under your browser tabs, and react when you poke them.
- [Ramen Abyss](https://criticalslash.com/game/ramen-abyss): A top-down, local two-player co-op roguelike starring a wobbly, horn-adorned soft-boiled egg. Slay ingredient-themed monsters across procedurally generated bowls of chaos.
- [Slug Slayer](https://criticalslash.com/game/slug-slayer): A physics action prototype built in under 24 hours, inspired by Rain World. Slide through dark chambers, hunt flocking mini-slugs, and escape before the rain floods the level.
- [Skate & Slash](https://criticalslash.com/game/skate-slash): A skateboard. A sword. One very questionable combination. Do tricks, dodge obstacles, and slash your way to the boss.
- [Sprinter Slayer](https://criticalslash.com/game/sprinter-slayer): Cowboy eggs riding velociraptors, chasing a bone. Yes, really. A wonderfully odd racing experiment.

## Pages
- [Home](https://criticalslash.com/): the studio, its games and ways to get in touch
- [About the creator](https://criticalslash.com/about): Juan Miguel Cerda Ordaz, achievements and career
- [Privacy & credits](https://criticalslash.com/privacy): the site collects no personal data; credits and licences

## Optional
- [Full text of every game page](https://criticalslash.com/llms-full.txt)
- [Sitemap](https://criticalslash.com/sitemap.xml)
- [Creator's portfolio](https://mickordaz.github.io/Portfolio/)