It's only encouraging. That's the whole reason of entering the jam. Not to win, actually.
I remember how Pavel Sasko (Lead Quest Designer at CD Project RED) played some prototype of ours many years ago at the conference. I still remember that event. People, who do game dev professionally, you give some cool and detailed feedback to think about.
Big gratitude from me! I already told you, I will be your follower from now on :)