Undeterred, I did more sleuthing and found an app called JoyToKey. This lightweight shareware utility allowed me to map my joystick to keyboard shortcuts, turning my dusty Xbox controller into the ...

2. Launch JoyToKey and configure Joystick With JoyToKey installed, launch the app, and a small window will open. You’ll notice two colored tabs that read ‘Joystick 1’ and ‘Joystick 2’.

I know about JoyToKey, where joystick inputs are mapped to keyboard or mouse keys. Im looking for the reverse of that, mouse/keyboard inputs mapped to a virtual joystick.