Courtroom mystery · In development

Hazir Ho!

हाज़िर हो!
Court is in session

A first-year advocate in Lucknow's district court. Every witness hides one small lie. Find it before the next tareekh.

Early demo — asks for a login. Portrait game, best on a phone.

Hazir Ho! cover art

You're Naaz Rizvi, 27, junior at Tripathi & Rizvi, Advocates, Kaiserbagh. Your senior chews paan and talks in proverbs. Your munshi Bunty knows every chaiwala and typist in the court complex.

Three cases: a kebab shop owner locked in his own cold room, poison at a baraat, and a 1998 file that puts your own senior in the dock.

No shouting matches. This court runs on paper and dates.

Tareekh pe tareekh.Every wrong move adjourns the matter: fourteen more days for a client in custody.
Evidence from today's India.Delivery-app logs, WhatsApp photo timestamps, a DVR nobody reset after the Diwali power cut.
Fair, and hard.Every contradiction can be worked out from what you already hold.
HAZIR HO! Inspector Awasthi, hazir ho!Case 1 — Court Room 4, District Court, Kaiserbagh. Ten-fifteen.

The people you'll meet

Naaz Rizvi

Naaz Rizvi

You. First year in practice, five as Tripathi Sahab's junior.

“Aapne dekha. Ya aapko bataya gaya ki aapne dekha?”

Tripathi Sahab

Tripathi Sahab

Your senior. Forty years at the Lucknow bar, paan in cheek.

“Har gawah ek chhoti baat chhupata hai. Ek badi baat ke liye. Chhoti baat dhoondo.”

Bunty Munshi

Bunty Munshi

Court munshi. An 'aadmi' everywhere, texts more than he talks.

“Video? Madam, yeh Lucknow ki shaadi hai. Video hi video hai.”

Rudra Pratap Singh

Rudra Pratap Singh

The State's counsel. Silk kurta, forty files a day.

“Milord, the defence has turned the State's witness in one sentence. Impressive. Useless, but impressive.”

Judge Dwivedi

Judge Dwivedi

The bench. Allergic to adjournments, hungry by 1:30.

“The court would like to eat lunch this decade, Advocate.”

Inspector Awasthi

Inspector Awasthi

SHO, Chowk. Twenty-six years in, prefers confessions to CDRs.

“Milord, case solid hai. Is baar toh video bhi hai.”

Hear itreal lines from the game — press one

Trailer

coming soon

Screens

from a work-in-progress build
Kallan Kababi, Chowk. Naaz at the counter.
Kallan Kababi, Chowk. Naaz at the counter.
Tripathi Sahab's chamber: paan, files, proverbs.
Tripathi Sahab's chamber: paan, files, proverbs.
Pappu Paanwala turns hostile. Now what?
Pappu Paanwala turns hostile. Now what?
Case file, KAAGAZ tab: the delivery app's server log.
Case file, KAAGAZ tab: the delivery app's server log.
Chargesheet, State vs Irfan. Break every claim.
Chargesheet, State vs Irfan. Break every claim.
Chhattar Haveli mandap. Kamini Devi, the groom's mother.
Chhattar Haveli mandap. Kamini Devi, the groom's mother.

At a glance

Setting
District Court, Lucknow
Cases
3
You play
Advocate Naaz Rizvi
Play
Portrait, phone-first
Early demo

Playable. Not finished.

The demo sits behind a login while it's still rough. Ask and you'll get one.

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Courtroom mysteryGenreGreen Parrot StudioStudio
Hazir Ho!Early demo · login on request
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