About Holy Keys

Holy Keys

Claves Sanctae. An Incipit Games title.

Christ gave Peter the keys of the kingdom (Matthew 16:19), and the novice earns the keys of the keyboard. Every correct keystroke copies Scripture, rings a bell, or sings the next note of a chant.

What it is and who it is for

Holy Keys is a free pixel-art typing game that teaches touch typing through the beauty of the Catholic tradition. Players begin as a young novice in a medieval abbey and learn the home row, then every key, by copying psalms, prayers and verses from Scripture. Short lessons, gentle games like Manna and the One-Minute Trial, saint cards and Gregorian chant melodies turn daily practice into something children look forward to.

It is made for children roughly seven to fourteen, homeschool families, Catholic and Christian schools, and teachers who want a calm, ad-free typing curriculum. Teachers can create a classroom, share a join code and follow progress, while the Sanctuary offers unscored space for prayer.

Holy Keys is built by Incipit Games, a small independent studio making faithful, thoughtful learning games for families and schools. Questions or ideas? Visit our Contact page.

Texts and music

  • Scripture: the Douay-Rheims Bible, Challoner revision (public domain). Psalms use the Douay-Rheims numbering with the Hebrew number in parentheses.
  • Chant melodies are public domain. Notes are read from GABC transcriptions on GregoBase; the chip arrangements are original.
  • Salve Regina: Simple tone, mode 5. The Liber Usualis, 1961, p. 279 (GregoBase transcription by Andrew Hinkley).
  • Ave Maris Stella: Hymn, mode 1. Hymnarium Cisterciense, 1909, p. 77 (GregoBase).
  • Veni Creator Spiritus: Hymn, mode 8. Liber Usualis, 1961, p. 885 (GregoBase).
  • Christus Vincit: Laudes Regiae, opening acclamation. Chants of the Church, 1956, p. 89 (GregoBase).
  • Dies Irae (motif): Sequence, mode 1, opening phrase only.
  • Saint bios, dialogue and lore are original writing.

Privacy

  • No ads, no third-party trackers, no open chat, no loot boxes, no paid currency.
  • Progress lives on your device until you sign in. Only summaries are saved: never raw keystrokes.
  • Classes see a first name, last initial and practice numbers. Nothing else.
  • The Necrology never leaves your device.
  • The Sanctuary is free, forever, and prayer is never scored.