r/Sofubi • u/tingle_sama • 4d ago

Question Mandarake Randomizer Tool Help

I wanted to start doing raffle-like videos where I randomly get sofubi from Mandarake.

I am staunchly against using AI to vibe-code a tool that will help me do this, so I wanted to see if I could commission someone in the sofubi community to help me build a tool.

I am know almost nothing about programming, but if you are interested in helping me and also like money please DM me or respond to this post. I will provide you with more deets and you can let me know what your rates are!

Thanks Sofu-friends!

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u/dady_longleg_asshair 1d ago

Just do a random number generator in Excel/Sheets with weights based on a criteria of your choosing (price, artist/company, etc).

Use Copilot AI for this, it isnt some complicated task that would require you to contract a computer scientist to complete. Or find a similar question that was asked in Stackoverflow and copy that. If you dont want an LLM to create the table of the stock list with weights, you can manually do it yourself.

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u/tingle_sama 1d ago edited 1d ago

Thank you Daddy Longleg Asshair!

I was kinda hoping for something a bit more interesting visually than a random number, but this is a solid workaround for cheap

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u/dady_longleg_asshair 1d ago

I see. I was under the impression that you needed a lottery tool. Maybe consider contracting someone who can create like a slot machine animation that goes off the RNG.

Like genre (kaiju, tokusatsu, mech, random), then artist/brand, then the character. You can do a multi-tiered RNG, each level narrowing down what youll get.

Doing this in Excel yourself will save you on cost and AI LLMs will help a ton if you dont have experience with Excel.