Would a Visual Novel with RPG Elements, similar to something like Deadplate, be able to be submitted or is it more Ren'py type stuff only? If anyone knows, please let me know since I am quite curious :]
We've accepted Visual Novels with some game like mechanics, which we typically refer to as hybrids. The main thing is that the experience still largely needs to lean on reading.
You can check out a winner from a previous year, Stardander Revenant, as an example.