Instead of making a 1st, 2nd, 3rd winner we could award stars for special things like in the Mario Party games. Every star can only be won once.

For example 5 stars, each star is worth $100 as a prize or something like that.
One star could be "Most fun to play". So what ever game the judges enjoyed to most wins this star and the prize money that comes with it.
Another star could be "best technical achievement". So the game that is most astonishing from a technical view wins this star.
Or "Best art style". "Best Music" .. you name it

This way programmers could aim at what star they would like to win like in the Mario Party games where you collect the most coins because you know at the end you will get the most-coins star.

It would also make judging easier because it's really hard to decide which game is better if all of them are so great.
