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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 :)

Americans Should Celebrate China's Biotech Revolution

https://www.richardhanania.com/p/americans-should-celebrate-chinas
1•paulpauper•1m ago•0 comments

AI #173: AI Pauses

https://thezvi.substack.com/p/ai-173-ai-pauses
1•paulpauper•1m ago•0 comments

Show HN: I built a daily flag quiz in honor of the World Cup

https://orbisearth.web.app/
1•sestarkman•1m ago•0 comments

A Close-Up Look at the Waste of Modern Life

https://www.theatlantic.com/books/2026/06/trash-simon-pare-poupart-memoir-book-review/687579/
1•paulpauper•2m ago•0 comments

Amazon investigating engineers who criticized AI data center expansion

https://www.cnbc.com/2026/06/18/amazon-engineers-ai-data-center-opposition.html
1•hathym•3m ago•0 comments

Android verification coming: Google confirms timeline and supported app stores

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026/06/google-shares-updated-timeline-for-rolling-out-android-de...
1•RattlesnakeJake•3m ago•0 comments

Energy-Harvesting IoT Devices: Ambient Energy Eliminating Battery Replacements

https://www.eletimes.ai/energy-harvesting-micro-power-the-future-of-self-powered-iot-devices-how-...
1•wewewedxfgdf•4m ago•0 comments

Steam Controller: Reservations Update

https://store.steampowered.com/news/group/45479024/view/697641379212297809
3•HelloUsername•4m ago•0 comments

AI that represents you can't be neutral

https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/MSRgFmTyRY2jQ52db/ai-that-represents-you-can-t-be-neutral
1•agulaya24•6m ago•0 comments

McMansions 101: What Makes a McMansion Bad Architecture?

https://mcmansionhell.com/post/148605513816/mcmansions-101-what-makes-a-mcmansion-bad
2•nivethan•7m ago•0 comments

Ask HN: How do you find new books to read?

1•ahmedfromtunis•7m ago•0 comments

As Anthropic suspends access to new models, India debates its AI future

https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/13/as-anthropic-suspends-access-to-new-models-india-debates-its-ai...
2•saikatsg•11m ago•0 comments

I'm Willing to Give Our Alien Overlords a Second Chance

https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/im-willing-to-give-our-alien-overlords-a-second-chance
1•MarlonPro•12m ago•0 comments

Start at the Watercooler

https://marginpoints.substack.com/p/start-at-the-watercooler
1•historian1066•13m ago•0 comments

Fine Tuning a Tiny Local LLM to Categorize Questions

https://www.teachmecoolstuff.com/viewarticle/fine-tuning-a-local-llm-to-categorize-questions
1•dev-experiments•13m ago•0 comments

SpaceX Stock Plunge Wipes Out $600B After Cursor Deal Spooks Investors

https://www.forbes.com/sites/tylerroush/2026/06/18/spacex-stock-plunge-wipes-out-600-billion-afte...
2•ortusdux•14m ago•1 comments

I switched to light mode and I haven't been happier

https://blog.shtfn.xyz/posts/i-switched-to-light-mode-and-i-havent-been-happier/
1•BoboDupla•15m ago•0 comments

offset_of! slices

https://bal-e.org/blog/2026/offset-of-slices/
1•g0xA52A2A•16m ago•0 comments

Show HN: The AI App That Does the Work

https://runner.now/download/
1•kalashvasaniya•18m ago•0 comments

Position: Coding Benchmarks Are Misaligned with Agentic Software Engineering

https://arxiv.org/abs/2606.17799
1•popey•18m ago•0 comments

NPM attack targets Zapier and security tool browser extensions

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4•6mile•19m ago•1 comments

The Wholesale Plagiarism of Obscure Sorrows

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2•latexr•21m ago•0 comments

Agentbrowse: Drive any website from the terminal, built for AI coding agents

https://www.npmjs.com/package/agentbrowse
1•mandarwagh•24m ago•0 comments

Ask HN: Languages in the Age of AI

1•HeyLaughingBoy•24m ago•1 comments

Medical AI scores high on exams but stumbles on real patient care

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1•SVI•28m ago•0 comments

The Great Intermediary Panic

https://www.minid.net/2013/1/23/the-great-intermediary-panic
1•meerita•29m ago•0 comments

The Algorithm California Said Didn't Exist

https://reclaimthenet.org/the-algorithm-california-said-didnt-exist
1•Cider9986•31m ago•0 comments

Longevity medicine's do-or-die moment

https://www.axios.com/2026/06/18/longevity-medicine-critical-moment
1•evo_9•31m ago•0 comments

Distro Fighter

https://distrofighter.com/
1•Wingy•31m ago•0 comments

Show HN: Self-Hostable Company Brain

https://www.npmjs.com/package/@connectai/selfhost
1•jthorare•32m ago•1 comments