Rodenstick is an accessibility tool for Windows that converts mouse input into a virtual Xbox 360 gamepad, so people with severely reduced mobility can play games — mainly racing games — that lack mouse support.
Moving the mouse deflects the virtual left thumbstick (screen center = neutral, linear response, configurable deadzone and range); mouse buttons and the wheel map to gamepad buttons, and the middle click toggles the conversion on and off from anywhere, even in game.
Documentation: https://hectoralvf.github.io/Rodenstick/ (English y español) · Wiki
- Download
rodenstick_setup.exefrom the latest release and run it. Keep the Install ViGEmBus driver option checked if the driver is not on your system. - Open Rodenstick and read the built-in tutorial.
- Press the middle mouse button (the wheel) to start driving.
See installation and usage for details, including notes on upgrading from 0.1.0 (vJoy is no longer needed).
- C# / .NET 10, published as a self-contained Native AOT executable
- Avalonia UI with the Windows 11 look (Mica)
- Virtual gamepad via ViGEmBus
- Interface in English, Spanish and Galician
To build from source, see building.
Rodenstick is free software under the GNU General Public License v3.0.
Rodenstick originated as a final degree project (Trabajo de Fin de Grado) at the Facultade de Ciencias da Comunicación of the Universidade da Coruña (UDC).
The 0.2.0 rewrite was developed with the assistance of an AI coding tool, under human direction and review.