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Show HN: Syneva – An AI Chatbot Ported to a Kids' Tile-Based Limited Game Engine

https://sprig.hackclub.com/share/VzO62YQXBGOpcbj7xusB
2•kuberwastaken•1y ago

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kuberwastaken•1y ago
I made SYNEVA as a part of my fun-research repo while I learn about LLMs at https://github.com/Kuberwastaken/MiniLMs

I came across Sprig while Scrolling through Hack Club, it's a Javascript game engine that's like Scratch's older brother (fun fact, it's partially made by Scratch's creator too) but has it's own set of unique limitations because it runs on a custom hardware.

All sprites need to be made in Bitmap, you have to use single character variable names but most importantly, you can only use 8 characters to control the "game".

I had to make a virtual keyboard implementation (which was awful btw) using WASD to navigate keyboard, K to select and I to send the message.

also, it doesn't have any audio support and uses an event sequencer to get any music into it (got around it by making https://github.com/Kuberwastaken/Sprig-Music-Maker that converts midis to it)

SYNEVA is a rule based chatbot, so not technically AI but hey, still pretty fun and really cool to use (I also made it understand slang and some brainrot, so try that out too lol)

Hope you enjoy it :)

AWS Says Iran Strikes Caused Permanent Customer Data Loss in Bahrain and UAE

https://circleid.com/posts/aws-says-iran-strikes-caused-permanent-customer-data-loss-in-bahrain-a...
1•speckx•22s ago•0 comments

AI Consciousness Is Not a Safety Property

https://philippdubach.com/posts/ai-consciousness-is-not-a-safety-property/
1•ilreb•2m ago•0 comments

Our agent used 5B tokens to build a business empire in 3 weeks. It made $1.54

https://dfdxlabs.com/research/2026/hans-kraemer/
2•sherlock_h•3m ago•0 comments

JDK 27 is here – JVM Weekly vol. 192

https://www.jvm-weekly.com/p/jdk-27-is-here-jvm-weekly-vol-192
1•theanonymousone•3m ago•0 comments

Syrian man uncovers library hidden behind wall for 15 years

https://www.aljazeera.com/video/newsfeed/2026/9/17/17-09-sv-syrian-man-finds-his-books-sy
1•toomuchtodo•5m ago•0 comments

Companies Don't Make Decisions

https://manuelmoreale.com/thoughts/companies-don-t-make-decisions
1•HotGarbage•5m ago•0 comments

Artificial intelligence now beats some of the best human forecasters

https://www.economist.com/science-and-technology/2026/09/16/artificial-intelligence-now-beats-som...
1•ddp26•6m ago•0 comments

The ASI Extinction Debate Is the Opposite of What You Think

https://www.realtimetechpocalypse.com/p/the-asi-extinction-debate-is-the
1•obscurette•6m ago•0 comments

Curta Mechanical Calculator

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curta
1•tetris11•7m ago•0 comments

Why the oldest cheddar-maker uses a 'milk-source' heat pump

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/sep/17/milk-source-heat-pump-barbers-cheesemakers
1•istjohn•7m ago•0 comments

Most Physicists Don't Agree on Most Things

https://qspace.fqxi.org/news/165326/most-physicists-dont-agree-on-most-things
1•geox•8m ago•0 comments

Three wild dogs have traveled farther than any African mammal

https://www.science.org/content/article/three-wild-dogs-have-traveled-farther-any-african-mammal
1•gmays•8m ago•0 comments

Casework, Code and Lash Extensions: How I've embraced LLMs, and my limits

https://chrisn.xyz/casework-code-and-lash-extensions-how-ive-embraced-llms-and-my-limits/
1•cnorthwood•8m ago•0 comments

Jobless Tech Workers Are Being Left Out of San Francisco's AI Boom

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2026-09-17/san-francisco-s-ai-wealth-boom-skirts-engineer...
2•twelve40•8m ago•0 comments

Show HN: Database of the Best Founders On X

https://founder.page/
1•nocodeg•10m ago•0 comments

The Guard I Installed Was Enabled, Running, and Doing Nothing

https://www.practicalsystems.io/blog/claude-code-function-hooks-mods-layer
1•practicalsystem•12m ago•0 comments

OpenAI reports 6 new instances of 'concerning model behavior' since March

https://www.cnbc.com/2026/09/16/openai-6-new-instances-of-concerning-model-behavior-since-march.html
3•cramer4next•13m ago•0 comments

Nobody Is Driving: The AI Race Nobody Can Slow Down

https://www.gonzocapital.net/nobody-is-driving-ai-race/
1•gonzocapital•15m ago•0 comments

Uber to pay $40M to parents of woman fatally struck after being left on freeway

https://abcnews.com/GMA/News/uber-ordered-pay-40m-parents-woman-fatally-struck/story?id=136480407
2•jedberg•17m ago•1 comments

Show HN: LiteLLM sends AI requests.Conduct decides which ones shouldn't be sent

https://pypi.org/project/conduct-litellm-guard/
1•sudhendra1•18m ago•0 comments

Show HN: I forked JetBrains' new agent IDE to host Claude Code

https://github.com/CommanderTvis/thinkrail
2•CommanderTvis•19m ago•0 comments

Nerra – a company context engine that powers agents with live business context

https://nerra.ai
2•danielhardoon•19m ago•0 comments

Maximizing TPU interactivity with automated full stack performance optimization

https://www.makora.com/blog/qwen-perf-on-tpu
2•tripplyons•20m ago•0 comments

Show HN: Reintroducing Micro: A Personal Assistant for Everyone

https://micro.mu/blog/post?id=1789656583547416701
2•asim•21m ago•0 comments

Show HN: Video uploader for React/RN – drop in or headless UI, any back end

https://github.com/hyper-serve/video-uploader
1•rtrann•23m ago•0 comments

PS5 Linux dev quits after "the only hypervisor bug left" was reported to Sony

https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/09/ps5-linux-dev-quits-after-the-only-hypervisor-bug-left-was-...
3•speckx•23m ago•0 comments

A Windows terminal built on the Ghostty core

https://wintty.io/
2•kermatt•23m ago•1 comments

Castla: Android Auto alternative for Tesla (2024)

https://github.com/Suprhimp/castla
1•Rygian•24m ago•0 comments

VA Claims Guide – exact CFR rating thresholds for 15 conditions

https://outset-solutions.com/va-claims/
1•keithransom•24m ago•0 comments

Quantum computing's flagship chemistry results don't say which state they found

https://blog.purestatelabs.com/2026/09/16/quantum-chemistry-results-spin-state/
1•purestatelabs•25m ago•1 comments