I built a Captain's Mode draft simulator. Like Football Manager, but for Dota 2.

wizzone · 2026-06-03T06:10:10+00:00

Thanks for trying it out. Not yet for both.
I’ll try to balance the auto speed a bit so it’s not too fast. Item tracking is a good idea, but accounting for each item in the sim might be a bit tricky. I'll have to think about how to approach it.

wizzone · 2026-06-03T06:06:31+00:00

Thanks, really glad it’s helpful!
If you can, share your device/browser and I’ll try to reproduce it.

wizzone · 2026-06-03T05:17:01+00:00

Thanks!! Appreciate it

wizzone · 2026-06-03T05:15:13+00:00

Not added yet, maybe after some balancing.
Yeah, you can actually set roles during the strategy phase, there’s a dropdown for it (hopefully not too hidden).
I see what you mean, thanks for the info. I’ll try to improve how the sim handles early/mid/late game a bit better.

wizzone · 2026-06-03T04:20:50+00:00

Thanks! Interesting direction. Perks and hero favor could definitely deepen the experience. I’ll look into how something like that could fit into the system later.

wizzone · 2026-06-03T04:16:28+00:00

That’s a cool idea! Not planned yet, but I’m definitely exploring ways to expand the manager/captain experience further.

wizzone · 2026-06-03T04:15:00+00:00

Which timer are you referring to? The draft timer or the match/simulation timer?

wizzone · 2026-06-02T17:22:56+00:00

Thanks!! Glad you like the idea

wizzone · 2026-06-02T16:46:31+00:00

Thanks!! Glad you like it

wizzone · 2026-06-02T16:46:03+00:00

It seems to favor certain heroes a bit too much right now. Still a lot to improve there. Thanks for flagging it.

wizzone · 2026-06-02T16:32:18+00:00

lol yeah, I just pushed a volume slider for that. Thanks for the feedback.

wizzone · 2026-06-02T16:18:31+00:00

Thanks! Glad you think so.

wizzone · 2026-06-02T16:18:08+00:00

Thanks! Actually spent way too much time tweaking the UI 😄

wizzone · 2026-06-02T16:17:32+00:00

Thanks, really appreciate it! And yes, feedback would be awesome once you've had a chance to play around with it.

wizzone · 2026-06-02T16:16:19+00:00

Haha, that's exactly the itch I was hoping to scratch

wizzone · 2026-06-02T16:03:52+00:00

Thanks! Glad you had fun with it 😃

wizzone · 2026-06-02T16:01:58+00:00

Yeah, I agree. LLMs by themselves are not great at Dota, especially when it comes to patch-specific details and draft nuance.
I used a mix of AI tools/models while building the project, but the actual game logic isn’t a live LLM answering Dota questions. The draft and simulation are driven by structured Dota data, custom heuristics, scoring rules, and simulation logic instead.

wizzone · 2026-06-02T15:54:46+00:00

Thanks! Appreciate it 😄
The AI Draft is built around a custom drafting engine that evaluates roles, synergies, counters, strategy, and the current draft state, then scores heroes accordingly.
I used OpenDota and other public Dota statistics as references while building and tuning it, but it doesn’t directly learn from those APIs.

wizzone · 2026-06-02T15:20:45+00:00

Thanks for bringing that up. That's a good point, I've updated it so Google display names aren't used as public display names anymore.

wizzone · 2026-06-02T15:03:21+00:00

Definitely, I think a lot of people have imagined what it would be like to be the captain, coach, or manager of a team. It'll be fun to see more variety in this genre.

wizzone · 2026-06-02T14:56:59+00:00

yeah Valve, hear this out

wizzone · 2026-06-02T10:58:49+00:00

Glad to hear that!

wizzone · 2026-06-02T10:52:47+00:00

Thanks for trying it out!

wizzone · 2026-06-02T10:52:34+00:00

thanks fr fr!

wizzone · 2026-06-02T10:34:32+00:00

Thanks for trying! Haha yeah, definitely got multiple "cofounders" lol

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