This is my first Jam, and after looking at a few others I assumed they were all ranked, and I just noticed this one is not, is that something that is set in stone? I feel like I've lost 75% of my motivation to work on a project after noticing that.
It's a more casual jam. There are plenty of ranked jams out there if that's important to you.
I don't even know there jams which are ranked. What does it means exactly ?
Many have criteria entries are judged, scored, and ranked on, to show what games are better then others :)