Chapters and progress
The nine chapters
Section titled “The nine chapters”The adventure is one story in nine chapters. Each of the first eight teaches one finger’s keys, and the ninth, The Crossing, brings every friend back so the whole keyboard comes together. Alice (A) walks into every chapter after her own, so your first key keeps getting practice.
| # | Chapter | Finger | Keys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Kingdom of Keys | Left pinky | A · Z · Q |
| 2 | The Storyteller at the River | Left ring | S · X · W |
| 3 | The Mask and the Face | Left middle | D · C · E |
| 4 | The Forest Edge | Left index | F · G · V · B · R · T |
| 5 | The Sea Change | Right index | J · H · M · N · U · Y |
| 6 | The Frozen Mirror | Right middle | K · , · I |
| 7 | The Disguise | Right ring | L · . · O |
| 8 | The Strings | Right pinky | ; · / · P |
| 9 | The Crossing (finale) | Every finger | All of the above |
The story travels across the keyboard the way your hands do: the left hand first, then across to the right, then everything together.
Which chapters are open
Section titled “Which chapters are open”- New chapters arrive one at a time. When the next one isn’t out yet, the end-of-chapter card says This chapter is still being written., and the chapter list in the menu ends with Coming soon.
- Chapters open in order. Finishing one unlocks the next. A chapter you haven’t reached shows as Locked in the menu. Chapters you’ve finished stay open, so you can reread one like a favourite chapter of a book.
The full story is free with ads. The first chapter is ad-free and needs no account. A premium subscription removes ads and adds extra features, but you never need one to keep going.
Where your place is kept
Section titled “Where your place is kept”Keyfolk quietly saves your place in this browser as you play, from the very first slide:
- the chapter and slide you’re on,
- which chapters you’ve unlocked,
- a name, if the story asks you for one.
That’s what turns the home page button into Continue the Story and marks You are here in the chapter list. You don’t need to sign up for any of it.
Because it’s kept in this browser, another browser, another computer, or a private window starts fresh, and so does clearing this site’s data. An account carries your place from one computer to another (your account).
The address bar is a second copy of your place. Bookmark a slide’s address and you can return to it even in a fresh browser.