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I agree that a close to 20 ratings tab would be a good idea, especially here close to the deadline. But I also often feeling bad for some of the games that nearly gets no feedback or ratings. Especially for them that have made a good game, but just not made any marketing or forgot to give feedback on others games.
I also believe for this kind of jam, with a lot of new jammers, there needs to be more help with how to upload a games correctly. I see way too many people only uploading a .exe file, or making a web version that for some reason is not working. And please upload a Cover image and some screenshots.
Also a huge part of getting more rates is advertising as much as you can on the first days. This is when the most people are actively playing the games, so if you get your game to the top of the "most rated category" or "Popular", more people will end up seeing it. Also focusing more on GIVING feedback rather than asking for it will make the other creators more likely to want to help you as well (as you said).
I ended up doing most of those things, but didn't do some such as the GIF and whatnot. I have one less rating than you so congrats on 110, very impressive! Even though my game is very buggy (and now I know the bugs thanks to all the feedback), it goes to show that your game doesn't have to be as polished/finished as A song of Fire And Water , but if you play your cards right, you can get as much feedback as you need.
anyway, here's mine!
you should look in the Help menu before starting, and there are Hints and spoilers in the description if you get stuck :)
https://itch.io/jam/brackeys-5/rate/927134
*note the lack of a GIF lol
You're absolutely right. Some people think that just uploading the game would do the magic. There's a lot of social aspect in the jam too.
I've spend the last 13 days playing and giving as much feedback as I could to the games I've played.
Yesterday I dedicate just to play games under 20 rating from a community post... only 2 of those devs (from 9 games rated and reviewed) reply on their comments. That helps too. If people takes the time to write you a review, giving just a like won't help other people to play your game. At least a "thanks for your feedback" would be nice. 1 of those games I mention... the dev didn't reply one single feedback comment.
Anyway, still one of the best and more entertaining experience in the game dev world. I've played some amazing titles, and even follow some users for keeping track of their work.
If anyone interesting in checking my game, here's the link.
https://itch.io/jam/brackeys-5/rate/928191
I agree response on feedback is good thing. Especially when you given a longer feedback. It also gives a possibility for starting a dialog. I have before helped a lot of people fixing bugs, because they have response on feedback I have given them.
I do also agree with you that this kind of jams, gives a lot of interesting and fun games. But there is also a lot of new game developers, so there is also some really buggy and weird games. But okay this is also a part of the charm of this kind of jams.