"Mouse-style" joystick controls

[Beaker]

I would love to see implemented a control style that uses a joystick, however it works like mouse controls.

The idea would be that your plane endeavors to point in the same direction as the joystick. Thrust should be controlled independently with the shoulder buttons. If no direction is being pressed on the joystick, then the ship just moves in whatever direction it is currently facing.

I feel that such a control scheme would help the game to appeal more to SHMUP players like myself.

Thank you,
Beaker