The most requested feature is finally here! Batters in the game are no longer helplessly hoping for walks and will actually get some hits on their own. However, the Umpire is still very much in control of the game.

Whether a batter gets a hit or not depends on the Hit Probability which is mostly determined by the count (balls/strikes). This means that you can help your team bring in runs by helping push the hit probability up. This should make each call valuable.

In the future, the hit probability will also change depending on the game situation and batter/pitcher qualities.

Since this is a major addition, I have added a temporary option in the settings to fully disable hits. If batter getting hits is disrupting your game, you can go to settings and disable it. But if you do, let me know why the feature was annoying!

Swapping Controls and Supporting Rebinds

The standard convention of listing the count is "ball-strikes". The game score display uses that and now so does the hit probability display. To remain consistent, I have swapped the ball and strike buttons as well so that the ball button is listed first.  To help with the transition, I have added the feature to rebind ball/strike shortcuts to any key you want.

Gameplay Playthrough

Feedback

Since this is a major shift in the gameplay, please let me know what you think of the change. You can add comments on the main itch.io page or over on at TheUmpShowGame subreddit.