I was one of the official judges this year, and now that the results have been made public, and I'm free to do so, here is my score and thoughts on this title:
Overall score: 8
Not bad. I feel I've missed something with how this is a prequel to an existing in-development game I've never heard of, and some of the story beats were a bit sappy and long-winded, but I still enjoyed it. I felt the combat was more unique than most, but a bit too simplistic to have any real depth of strategy. I found myself only really juggling abilities as I waited for more energy or cooldowns. It was also a bit tedious and felt like padding with the frequent mandatory battles that gave zero reward. The puzzle and flashbacks were a nice touch, however. All in all, I enjoyed it, and I'm sad I wasn't able to finish in the hour as the story suddenly took a twist that really intrigued me.