Magnetic Mini Keyboard Thumb Joystick V1

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What the hell is this? -------------------- This is the first iteration of my desperate need for a *cheap* keyboard joystick attachment. Don't judge me but I've played Rainbow Six Siege for years on PC using a Razer Orbweaver, using the joystick/dpad for WASD movement. But let me tell you, I'm a gentle person and I've gone through a literal dozen of those things.. and they're not cheap. Over the years I learned how to repair them pretty easily, but the components weren't easy to find and it was honestly just not fun to constantly worry about it breaking. Razer's terrible software that always needs to run in the background was the salt on the wound. What made it so frustrating was that I didn't care about the rest of the device, I *just wanted a thumbstick*. I know there are some solutions out there. Someone sells something similar to this online, and there are other keypads with thumbsticks available. But a lot of them just add unnecessary bulk and cost, and often the thumbstick is analog. Some games don't play nice with simultaneous analog stick + keyboard input. Enter my mini thumbstick. Made of cheap components (Under $20 to make from scratch, well under $5 to repair) that are off the shelf and simple to assemble. It emulates the arrow keys for simple keybinding and to avoid conflicts with inputs. Plus, it has magnets and *I love magnets*.