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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•11mo ago

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kuberwastaken•11mo 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 :)

Ukrainian Prankster Infiltrates Russian Industry and Trade Ministry

https://meduza.io/en/news/2026/04/20/ukrainian-prankster-infiltrates-russian-industry-and-trade-m...
2•doener•2m ago•0 comments

Why these playgrounds disappeared [video]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tgZxRMUpoPE
1•Cider9986•4m ago•0 comments

Vercel April 2026 security incident

https://vercel.com/kb/bulletin/vercel-april-2026-security-incident
1•choult•6m ago•0 comments

Picture of the Year 2025

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Picture_of_the_Year/2025/Gallery/Finalists
1•altilunium•7m ago•0 comments

I turned EU Cyber laws (AI Act, NIS2, GDPR) into a simple checklist

https://cyberchecklist.app/en/rules-finder
1•johnde•7m ago•0 comments

Show HN: Virtual Frame – Microfront end projection for the web

https://virtual-frame.level0x40.com/
1•lazarv1982•8m ago•0 comments

Anthropic and Amazon expand collaboration for up to 5 gigawatts of new compute

https://www.anthropic.com/news/anthropic-amazon-compute
2•pboulos•8m ago•0 comments

Amazon to invest up to another $25B in Anthropic

https://www.cnbc.com/2026/04/20/amazon-invest-up-to-25-billion-in-anthropic-part-of-ai-infrastruc...
2•tcp_handshaker•8m ago•0 comments

Stable End-to-End Joint-Embedding Predictive Architecture from Pixels

https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.19312
3•wslh•14m ago•0 comments

Generator Posts That Sound Like You (2026)

https://elevenwritt.com/blog/ai-linkedin-post-generators-sound-like-you
1•piusk•15m ago•0 comments

Everyone should have the opportunity to build their own house

https://reveriesofahuman.com/everyone-should-have-the-opportunity-to-build-their-own-house/
3•freediver•16m ago•1 comments

Lean Squad: Exploring Automated Software Verification W Near-Zero Human Labour

https://dsyme.net/2026/04/20/lean-squad-automated-software-verification-with-near-zero-human-labour/
1•spooneybarger•17m ago•0 comments

John Ternus, 51-yr-old former swimming champ who succeeds Tim Cook as Apple CEO

https://fortune.com/article/who-is-john-ternus-new-apple-ceo-tim-cook-retirement/
1•cybermango•19m ago•1 comments

The Great Software Quality Collapse (2025)

https://techtrenches.dev/p/the-great-software-quality-collapse
1•ebcode•22m ago•0 comments

AI Algorithm Enables Biological Imaging Breakthroughs

https://www.caltech.edu/about/news/ai-algorithm-enables-biological-imaging-breakthroughs
3•geox•25m ago•0 comments

Tesla settles wrongful death lawsuit over crash that killed Florida teenager

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4•1vuio0pswjnm7•27m ago•0 comments

DJI's latest power station is proof that good things come in mini packages

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2•rossant•28m ago•1 comments

Running live debates where claims get fact-checked every ~60s

https://x.com/ClaimCrush
1•claimcrush•28m ago•1 comments

The Thrill of Picture Books That Let Kids in on the Joke

https://www.newyorker.com/books/page-turner/the-thrill-of-picture-books-that-let-kids-in-on-the-joke
1•petethomas•29m ago•0 comments

HTML5 audio couppler loop – see the "impossible"

https://rogmash.neocities.org/audiomapping
1•rogmash•29m ago•0 comments

An efficient TPC-C benchmark for PostgreSQL based on C++ coroutines

https://github.com/ydb-platform/tpcc-postgres-cpp
1•eivanov89•30m ago•1 comments

Chrome extension which helps to learn language while binge watching

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2•Beretta299•31m ago•2 comments

Apple releases iOS 18.7.7 to patch DarkSword for iOS 26 compatible devices

https://support.apple.com/en-us/126793
1•seam_carver•31m ago•1 comments

From Data Unicorns to Data Giraffes

https://spacedata.substack.com/p/from-data-unicorns-to-data-giraffes
1•Lyngbakr•32m ago•0 comments

Anandamide's Effects on the Brain Exploring the 'Bliss Molecule'(2024)

https://neurolaunch.com/what-does-anandamide-do-to-the-brain/
1•rolph•32m ago•0 comments

Odin's Fiasco with Wikipedia

https://www.gingerbill.org/article/2026/04/20/odin-wikipedia-fiasco/
7•MaximilianEmel•33m ago•1 comments

Claude Desktop changes access settings for browsers you haven't installed yet

https://www.theregister.com/2026/04/20/anthropic_claude_desktop_spyware_allegation/
1•rswerve•33m ago•1 comments

DevArch 2.0

https://devarch.ai
2•ChicagoDave•34m ago•2 comments

Benchmarking open-weight models for security research

https://dualuse.dev/posts/benchmarking-open-models-for-security-research
1•lebovic•40m ago•1 comments

Show HN: MCPfinder – An MCP server that finds and installs other MCP servers

https://mcpfinder.dev/
1•coderai•40m ago•0 comments