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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 :)

FDA makes Lipfendra poster child of CNPV program for first PCSK9 pill

https://www.fiercepharma.com/pharma/fda-makes-lipfendra-poster-child-cnpv-pilot-merck-charts-long...
1•brandonb•1m ago•0 comments

Italy to place all 27 of its major cities on highest heat alert

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/aug/05/italy-heatwave-major-cities-highest-heat-alert
2•ndsipa_pomu•1m ago•0 comments

Email Bulk Sender Requirements (Google/Yahoo /Microsoft) [video]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TRwAO0Td_qA
1•c0nrad•1m ago•0 comments

What's behind the $4B funding cut for California's high-speed rail?

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/california-high-speed-rail-train-procurement-newsom/
1•peter_stokes•1m ago•0 comments

Public Service Decline and the Populist Right: Evidence from England's NHS [pdf]

https://catherinedevries.eu/NHS.pdf
1•pseudalopex•3m ago•0 comments

Five Rust teams adopt LLM rules to protect human code review

https://runtimewire.com/article/rust-teams-adopt-llm-contribution-policy
1•ryanmerket•3m ago•0 comments

Read HN twice a day for the last decade. Here's my list of S-Tier HN links

1•vivzkestrel•3m ago•0 comments

Wordle but small AI mini challanges

https://shorts.bridge-jobs.com/
1•SaazM•3m ago•0 comments

Has the New Cocaine Arrived?

https://www.playboy.com/read/politics/they-say-its-better-than-coke-its-also-more-addictive
1•speckx•4m ago•0 comments

KIDS Act would put Washington in charge of how we can communicate online

https://expression.fire.org/p/the-kids-act-would-put-washington
1•timr•4m ago•0 comments

Show HN: What if one fund held tokenized Gold, tech stocks and digital assets?

https://wealtii.com/funds/wealtii-tech-digital-asset-growth-fund
3•zayd7861•5m ago•0 comments

Show HN: ResizeKit – Browser-only image resizer for developer asset packs

https://resizekit.app
1•mhova•6m ago•0 comments

Google Assistant will disappear from your phone next month

https://www.theverge.com/tech/975516/google-assistant-android-phones-tablets-shutdown
1•Brajeshwar•6m ago•0 comments

Show HN: AgentTerm – open tools to replace the terminal for any coding-agent CLI

https://github.com/albertwujj/agent-term
1•aywu•6m ago•0 comments

Spend More Time Talking to Humans

https://www.honeycomb.io/blog/spend-more-time-talking-to-humans
1•gpi•7m ago•0 comments

The Winners of Trump's A.I. Safety Plan

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/05/business/dealbook/winners-trump-ai-policy.html
3•sbulaev•9m ago•0 comments

Moving Forward from Hot Fable Summer

https://alexstamos.com/p/moving-forward-from-hot-fable-summer
1•secalex•9m ago•0 comments

Aristotle quotes on virtue, knowledge, and happiness

https://www.campion.edu.au/blog/top-25-aristotle-quotes-on-virtue-knowledge-and-happiness/
3•teleforce•9m ago•1 comments

Show HN: Vocab Top – AI-powered vocabulary builder that helps you retain words

https://www.vocab.top/
3•LandoLorinse•9m ago•0 comments

I'm Publishing Every Medical Record I Have [video]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=krP9EGyLCRE
3•imtany•10m ago•0 comments

Google Is in Talks for a $1.5B-Plus Deal with Mechanize

https://www.businessinsider.com/google-mechanize-deal-talent-tech-ai-coding-2026-8
1•gmays•11m ago•0 comments

Will IVR Still Exists?

https://www.roycehaynes.com/articles/will-ivr-still-exists/
1•roycehaynes•11m ago•0 comments

Review: Job-Less Utopia

https://borretti.me/article/review-job-less-utopia
1•ibobev•11m ago•0 comments

Got a hot date? A secondhand SK Hynix jacket is perfect as bonuses raise cachet

https://www.koreajoongangdaily.com/business/got-a-hot-date-this-secondhand-sk-hynix-jacket-is-per...
1•Bluestein•11m ago•0 comments

The Wild West: Planning for a more multipolar and volatile world

https://www.lynalden.com/june-2026-newsletter/
1•rzk•12m ago•0 comments

Rubin Observatory's first LSST Camera release: 500k galaxies in the COSMOS field

https://rubinobservatory.org/news/rubin-new-window-cosmos-field
2•MarcoDewey•12m ago•0 comments

Intelligence Is Not the Main Bottleneck

https://www.writingruxandrabio.com/p/intelligence-is-not-the-main-bottleneck
1•rruxandra_l•12m ago•0 comments

Purely functional digital circuit simulator (SICP 3.3)

https://entropicthoughts.com/sicp-3-3-pure-digital-circuit-simulator
1•ibobev•12m ago•0 comments

EWW, the Emacs browser you underestimate

https://en.andros.dev/blog/e0e00b4b/eww-the-emacs-browser-you-underestimate/
1•ibobev•12m ago•0 comments

TSON – A JSON superset with immutable, hash-pinned schemas

https://tson.io/
1•andrewjneumann•12m ago•0 comments