If you're like me you may have found Left Shift + Right Shift + Enter + arrow keys to be really poor controls for a keyboard player.

Unfortunately you can't rebind your controls, not even manually by editing the config file.

So I made an Autohotkey script to get around this issue. I changed my controls to:

• Z = left pad
  
• X = interact
  
• C = right pad
  
• Left arrow = move left
  
• Right arrow = move right

This proved to be much more enjoyable for me. Tab and Space still manage the map and inventory.

There are two ways to use the script.

Fast method:
Simply download the script .exe file and run it.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/h2kf47srhe9bi0x/yoku_island.exe?dl=0
That's all you need really. However, accepting .exe files from strangers is something you generally don't want to do.

Recommended method:
First, download Autohotkey[www.autohotkey.com] and install it.
Then download and double-click my script to run it:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/8zy8d5r9dbbe7nh/yoku_island.ahk?dl=0
This is the actual source of the script that you can view in any text editor to see exactly what it does, so it is 100% safe for you.

Simply run the script before or during playing Yoku's Island Express, then use the redefined controls as described above. The script will modify what your Z, X, C keys do, but only while Yoku's Island Express is the active game window (meaning you can alt+tab to use other programs without interference).

If you went with the recommended option and installed Autohotkey you can also customize the controls to your liking (by editing the script with any text editor before running it).

You can kill the script by right-clicking it in the tray and pressing Exit. Or you could just leave it there since it does nothing outside the game and will be gone by the next reboot anyway.

Have fun!

Absolutely! The script doesn't actually interact with the game or Steam in any way at all. This is essentially the same as making a triple-click macro for your mouse or anything like that. We ask Windows "what is the name of the current active window?" and if it's this game, we activate our macro temporarily.

We do not modify the game files or the game process. Or Steam files or processes. Or anything like that. Think of it as if we rewired our keyboard a bit, but not physically. It's safe.