Did not Beatclone was a thing - To everyone involved, thank you!
Back when I was on my college grind, This game got me through all the silent in-between moments of life when all I needed was a little distraction while trying to juggle essays, finals and a part-time job. I was never any good at rhythm based games but Beatstar made feel like a pro for for at least half a minute before I had wait to get more gems.
When the game shutdown was announced I was devastated. In hindsight it reminds me of recent events like the StopKillingGames movement which aims to push developers to leave games in a playable state after servers down and how Sony/PlayStation declared the end of physical copies of games while also removing a large libary of movies from users digital libraries. As a moderator of music/emulation srelated subs like r/DigitalAudioPlayers & r/SBCGaming, I'm all for the preservation of the media that you own, so although I may not get my previous saved progress, atleast I'll have the playable version of this game.
To everyone who made this possible, the biggest thank you!