I am seeing this unhealthy behavior of going to the others games and rating them just for them to rate YOUR game. Game jam is like sport, you need to be honest. We all love what we do, and we all want to be rated, I understand. But man,  just look at our most rated submissions! There are much more interesting and enjoyable games out there!

I do not wish to devalue anyones work, I am honored to work along so much interested people who truly love what they do.  People who are now on the top did put a lot of work,  but it is just cynical. 

Here is what I wanted you to look into: go on, try different games, and SAY THE TRUTH. Did you like it? Cool! Did you not? Write suggestions on how to improve it!

I take this opinion fully on me, and I DO NOT represent the opinion of my team. We are all people after all. Thank you for your time reading this. 

Please be aware that this is new to me, and if you have something to say on this topic, or if you think this is normal for game jams on your experience, I would love to discuss it

Well said.

I see where you're coming from and I really agree for the most part.

This has only been the 3rd jam I joined but I dont remember this kind of rate spam being that apparent in jams like ludum dare. I would guess that the 'prize' associated with this jam incentivized this kind of behavior.

As for saying the truth in the feedback, I think it depends on what you're rating. I think a lot of submissions here are from relatively new developers, and sometimes what they need is motivation, not brutal honesty. In most cases, the problems with their games are readily apparent things that they don't need to hear commented over and over anyway.

As for the "cool game, rate mine too" feedback, yeah im not really a huge fan of that behavior (i still rate their game tho cuz i feel bad)