yeah… seems to always be a number of hack n slash games each jam regardless of theme lol
I think the most important aspect is to stick to the theme. hopefully its strictly enforced as these progress.
Of all submissions, there should be a top 20 that fit the theme best that are finalists. Prizes inc draws should really just be done within those top 20 to curb random entries that arent related to the theme.
I think the idea was to make incentive for as many submissions as possible to make it bigger this time around though.