(spoiler-ish!) What do you do after beating humphrey?

[a literal toaster wtf]

Hey, so I just defeated humphrey but now I don't know what to do next. I went back to vast forest but nothing seems to be happening. Is there anything I'm missing? Also, on a side note: is the hangman/collecting keys crucial to progressing the game? If so, is it possible to go back and collect keys you've missed?

[Striped]

"Winning" the hangman game is the next step of progression. A lot of players, if they've been poking around and collecting keys, usually complete this the moment they exit Humphrey. If not, and you still have a few stray keys left, it shouldn't take too long to find them, the required ones are in pretty simple spots. Don't worry about collecting more than what's required. And as an additional note, the following area that unlocks is a point-of-no-return point, so back up an additional save beforehand if you care about that.

The reason why you don't need to worry about collecting more keys than required to win is because... you literally can't, some keys are unobtainable in the game's main route. So if you missed some, you don't lose out on anything. All the required keys are still obtainable.

[a literal toaster wtf]

ah, I ended up figuring I'd missed a key in the haunted pool - I've actually finished the game now, but thank you anyway!