Hakoniwa Base Ball Ver 1.14 Overhauls Draft with NPB-Style Bidding Lottery

Version 1.14 of Hakoniwa Base Ball is live, built around a ground-up rework of how clubs select prospects — and it quietly folds in everything from Ver 1.13, which launched without an announcement and brought year-by-year farm stats and bug fixes.

What changed

Draft overhaul

• First-round picks now use an NPB-style bidding lottery: all clubs announce their pick simultaneously, and any overlap triggers a lottery, with losers bidding again.
• A full-screen lottery show recreates draft-day tension — club announcements, competing bids revealed, envelopes opened one by one. Advance manually or skip entirely. Presentation depth is configurable (Full / Lottery Only / Results Only) and can be adjusted in Display Settings.
• AI clubs now stop drafting once their roster needs are met, mirroring real-draft behaviour; clubs still rebuilding continue selecting.
• The main draft and developmental draft are now separate systems. Main picks are constrained by the 70-man roster limit; developmental contracts carry no pick limit, and scouted hidden gems are eligible as developmental selections.
• AI clubs actively release underperforming veterans before the draft to clear roster space, and those cut players enter the free-agent market.

Substitution screen

• Pitching changes, pinch hitters, pinch runners, and defensive substitutions are now handled on a single comparison screen.
• The candidate list displays each player's photo, throwing/batting hand, condition, and key ratings; selecting a candidate shows a side-by-side before/after comparison.

Taken together, the update adds both mechanical depth and presentation flair to the draft, while streamlining one of the most frequently used in-game decisions.