It's tough to describe Dota 2 to someone who's never heard of it. MOBA games like Dota 2 are built on a complex set of often unintuitive rules, and learning them takes a lot of time and effort. With the Dota 2 anime arriving on Netflix this week, a group of dedicated Dota 2 modders have decided to make a brand new tutorial to Valve's MOBA, and it's live now in the Steam Workshop.
The Dota 2 Community Tutorial Project is an attempt to create a new player onboarding experience for people who become curious about the game after watching the upcoming animated series on Netflix. "Assuming that there will be an influx of new players brought in from the anime's release, we have banded together as a community to create a tutorial for these new players in the form of a custom game," the modders explain.
"Our main goal is to get them used to the game, learn its mechanics, and prepare them for their first bot match," the description in the Steam Workshop reads. "Furthermore, we can do what Valve cannot: directly link community resources like [D]iscords, content creators, and guide websites to the players so that they may start on a more advanced journey to learn Dota 2.
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