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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 :)

Deep sequence models tend to memorize geometrically; it is unclear why

https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.26745
1•erhuve•12m ago•0 comments

Show HN: CloudMasters – one TUI to rule them all, rent VPS from 58000 prices

https://github.com/BrowserBox/CloudMasters-Marketplace
1•keepamovin•15m ago•1 comments

The Incidence of Tariffs: Rates and Reality [pdf]

https://bfi.uchicago.edu/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/BFI_WP_2025-151.pdf
1•neehao•19m ago•0 comments

CDC staff 'blindsided' as child vaccine schedule unilaterally overhauled

https://www.unmc.edu/healthsecurity/transmission/2026/01/07/cdc-staff-blindsided-as-child-vaccine...
1•stopbulying•20m ago•0 comments

Anthropic cut off xAI's Claude access in Cursor

https://twitter.com/kyliebytes/status/2009686466746822731
2•meetpateltech•22m ago•0 comments

UN chief says US has 'legal obligation' to fund agencies after Trump withdrawal

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/un-chief-says-the-u-s-has-legal-obligation-to-fund-agencies-af...
2•stopbulying•24m ago•2 comments

Private Inference

https://confer.to/blog/2026/01/private-inference/
1•vishnukvmd•28m ago•0 comments

Bash by the Numbers

https://mckern.sh/post/bash-by-the-numbers/
1•thunderbong•28m ago•0 comments

Some first thoughts about live immersive basketball

https://sixcolors.com/post/2026/01/some-first-thoughts-about-live-immersive-basketball/
1•coloneltcb•34m ago•0 comments

Where's the $100k iPhone?

https://boydkane.com/essays/100k-iphone
1•zdw•39m ago•0 comments

MIT Non-AI License

4•dumindunuwan•40m ago•2 comments

Show HN: Understand the Picture of the Day

https://picture.learntosolveit.com
1•orsenthil•40m ago•0 comments

Haraltd – A cross-platform Bluetooth daemon with a JSON-based RPC

https://github.com/bluetuith-org/haraltd
1•darkhz•41m ago•0 comments

The Stick in the Stream

https://randsinrepose.com/archives/the-stick-in-the-stream/
1•zdw•43m ago•0 comments

MAKERphone 2: first modular DIY phone, no soldering

https://circuitmess.com/products/makerphone-2-0
1•nateb2022•43m ago•0 comments

Sodium-ion battery cells near lithium-ion cost parity, set to get cheaper

https://www.ess-news.com/2026/01/09/sodium-ion-battery-cells-already-near-lithium-ion-cost-parity...
1•toomuchtodo•43m ago•1 comments

OpenAI to Buy Pinterest? Strategic Analysis

https://nekuda.substack.com/p/openai-to-buy-pinterest-heres-what
1•gmays•46m ago•0 comments

Vajra BM25 is a fast BM25 implementation in Python

https://twitter.com/aiexplorations/status/2009846407881212136
1•aiexplorations•49m ago•1 comments

Show HN: A website to save moments that remind you of someone

https://thisremindedme.com/
1•Winggo•49m ago•0 comments

Google and chatbot startup Character move to settle teen suicide lawsuits

https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2026/01/07/google-character-settle-lawsuits-suicide/
1•1vuio0pswjnm7•51m ago•0 comments

Agent skills: what can go wrong?

https://github.com/pors/skill-audit
1•pors•52m ago•0 comments

You probably don't need Oh My Zsh

https://rushter.com/blog/zsh-shell/
39•fla•52m ago•18 comments

Fix Your Robots.txt or Your Site Disappears from Google

https://www.alanwsmith.com/en/37/wa/jz/s1/
2•qingcharles•53m ago•1 comments

Show HN: VoiceBrainDump – voice-first idea capture, single HTML file, offline

https://voicebraindump.app/
1•digi_wares•56m ago•0 comments

Show HN: Focus timer that turns hours into assets

https://seton.run/
1•keplerjst•1h ago•0 comments

Kazakhstan Launches First Institute of Transport Sciences and Technologies

https://qazinform.com/news/kazakhstan-launches-first-institute-of-transport-sciences-and-technolo...
1•Bolat14•1h ago•0 comments

AI Flatters with Fidelity

https://lucent.substack.com/p/ai-flatters-with-fidelity
2•surprisetalk•1h ago•0 comments

Lidify: Self-hosted, on-demand audio streaming platform like Spotify

https://github.com/Chevron7Locked/lidify
1•thunderbong•1h ago•0 comments

Show HN: Rank up your local business on Google Maps

https://www.mapclimb.com/
3•bagusfarisa•1h ago•0 comments

The world has too much oil – Will companies want Venezuela's?

https://www.npr.org/2026/01/07/nx-s1-5668491/venezuela-oil-global-markets
4•geox•1h ago•0 comments