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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•8mo ago

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kuberwastaken•8mo 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 :)

Show HN: Forward My Inbox – IMAP‑to‑Gmail Forwarding After Gmail Kills POP3

https://forwardmyinbox.com/
1•moshetanzer•2m ago•0 comments

Hypergrowth Isn't Always Easy

https://tailscale.com/blog/hypergrowth-isnt-always-easy
1•tosh•4m ago•0 comments

New study disrupts the narrative that ChatGPT's launch triggered a job decline

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1•Vaslo•4m ago•0 comments

Life Map

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Agent Index: Building a "Tiobe Index" for AI Coding Agents (January Survey)

https://agentic-coding-survey.pages.dev/
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The behavioral cost of personalized pricing

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The Most Extreme CSS Reset Ever Created: 10k Lines of Failure

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The AI Revolution in Coding: Why I'm Ignoring the Prophets of Doom

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8•mmphosis•16m ago•1 comments

A Metabolic Workspace

https://www.joanwestenberg.com/a-metabolic-workspace/
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2•andsoitis•22m ago•0 comments

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3•PaulHoule•25m ago•0 comments

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1•todsacerdoti•25m ago•0 comments

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1•aaguiarz•28m ago•0 comments

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1•kosa12•28m ago•0 comments

Show HN: Decompile and deminify Bun using an LLM

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1•shepherdjerred•29m ago•0 comments

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PkgFed: ActivityPub for Package Releases

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Cursor AI Hackathon Idea: AI/FOSS ERP, Tax and Legal Infrastructure

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