Checkpoint Hearts

Checkpoint Hearts is a story game from LEDI — Lives Eliminated, Dreams Illuminated — the Emmy-winning Holocaust education center whose paintings tell the stories of 27 girls and women murdered in the Holocaust, and one who survived.

You play Tema. The town is occupied, the curfew bell is coming, and the neighbours need things carried — bread, a letter, a lamp, a promise. Keep off the lit streets, duck into doorways when the patrols pass, listen for the wolf who walks with you, and get everyone home before dark.

ONE NIGHT, MANY CHOICES
• A hand of errands each night — choose the order, choose the risks
• Patrols with lamps and rules: learn them, slip past them, never fight them
• Hiding places, rooftops, the violet door and the people behind it
• A wolf companion who warns you, waits for you and finds the way
• Dawn, a debrief and harder nights once you have found your feet

A REAL STORY UNDERNEATH
• Tema is one of the girls in Lauren Bergman's paintings at the LEDI Center; her painting hangs in the game
• The notebook fills with pages about the people, the places and the history as you play
• Cards tell you what really happened — the game never makes light of it

MADE FOR PLAYERS AND CLASSROOMS
• Touch controls laid out for a phone, or an Xbox, PlayStation or MFi controller
• Short nights (15–25 minutes), save anytime
• No accounts, no purchases, no ads, no chat — nothing is collected
• Tema's song and music video unlock when you finish her night

Version 1.0 is Tema's board — the first night. More boards from the LEDI paintings follow in updates. LEDI is the official Holocaust curriculum of Duval County Public Schools. Learn more at ledicenter.com.