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How to Play

Diamond Dynasty teaches itself: an interactive How to Play primer opens before your first match, with hands-on batting and pitching demos where you make the call and the game explains the outcome. You can reopen it any time from the main menu or the pregame screen. Here is the same lesson in writing.

Start a match​

From the main menu, hit Play Ball for a Quick Match: three innings against an AI club. Your lineup comes from the My Team screen (auto-set if you have not touched it), and the scoreboard, count, and base runners are always in view.

Batting​

Batting is a timing game. The pitch flies in from the mound and a gold ring closes on the ball as it reaches the plate. Swing (tap the field or press Space) the instant the ring lands on the ball:

  • Nail the timing and good contact turns into extra bases; a perfect swing on a hittable pitch is how home runs happen.
  • Mistime it and you foul it off, miss for a strike, or roll out weakly.
  • Watch the strike zone. Chasing a pitch outside the white box weakens contact badly. Lay off and it is a ball; four balls is a walk.

Your batter's BAT rating raises the ceiling on every swing, and the pitcher's rating (minus any fatigue) drags it down, so a stronger hitter against a tired arm is your best chance to do damage. Read the pitch name during the windup: fastballs arrive hot, curves hang, knuckleballs flutter.

Pitching​

When you are in the field, you pick two things per at-bat, then watch the pitch fly to the plate and the batter react:

  • A pitch. Six types, each with its own movement (and the knuckleball dances).
  • A location. Attack goes right after the zone, Corner paints the edge, and Waste throws it off the plate hoping for a chase.

Attack gets punished by locked-in hitters, Corner risks walks, Waste only works when the batter bites. Read the situation (count, runners, batter quality) and choose accordingly. Your pitcher's rating and fatigue, the batter's rating, and your location all decide the outcome.

The bullpen​

Your pitcher's card shows a PIT number that drops as they face batters. When it gets low a TIRED tag appears and their stuff flattens out. You get one bullpen call per game; tap the bullpen button to bring in a fresh arm. Spend it too early and there is nothing left for the ninth... or in this case, the third. The AI manager watches their own starter and will pull them too.

After the game​

Win or lose, the final screen pays out coins. Winning pays better, and coins are the fuel for everything else:

  • Scout Packs (200 coins) deliver three new players with animated flip reveals and published pull odds.
  • Training spends coins on a player to raise their ratings, with growth scaled by their potential.

Controls​

Tap or click for everything, including the swing; the one keyboard shortcut is Space to swing while batting. The game is mobile-first (big buttons, portrait layout) and plays equally well with a mouse on desktop. Sound toggles, master volume, and your choice of music bed live in Settings, and your save is automatic via localStorage.

Deeper systems (rarities, lineups, fatigue math, pack odds) are covered in Gameplay.