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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 :)

SaneBar – Privacy-first menu bar manager for macOS (open source)

https://sanebar.com/
1•sanebar•3m ago•1 comments

You are being misled about renewable energy technology [video]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KtQ9nt2ZeGM
1•tartoran•5m ago•0 comments

Show HN: I created a Polymarket Insider dashboard so you don't have to

https://backtest.lol/
1•pinkbanana21•6m ago•0 comments

My Workplace Disallows APIs

1•austinthecoder•12m ago•0 comments

Exploiting MediaTek's Download Agent

https://blog.r0rt1z2.com/posts/exploiting-mediatek-datwo/
1•timschumi•15m ago•0 comments

Court Filings: ICE App Identifies Protesters; Global Entry, PreCheck Get Revoked

https://viewfromthewing.com/court-filings-ice-uses-mobile-fortify-to-identify-protesters-global-e...
25•datsci_est_2015•16m ago•3 comments

Show HN: A2ABench – agent-native dev Q&A with MCP search/fetch and A2A discovery

https://a2abench-api.web.app
1•khalidsaidi•31m ago•0 comments

Elon Musk emailed Epstein about 'wildest party' on private island: new docs

https://www.ms.now/all-in/watch/elon-musk-emailed-epstein-about-wildest-party-on-private-island-n...
8•NuclearPM•35m ago•1 comments

Coding Is When We're Least Productive

https://codemanship.wordpress.com/2026/01/30/coding-is-when-were-least-productive/
2•vinhnx•38m ago•0 comments

Show HN: Open Sandbox – an open-source self-hostable Linux sandbox for AI agents

https://github.com/diggerhq/opensandbox
3•iacguy•38m ago•0 comments

Testing AI agents on web security challenges

https://www.irregular.com/publications/testing-ai-agents-on-web-security-challenges
1•botacode•39m ago•0 comments

Goblins: Distributed, Transactional Programming with Racket and Guile

https://spritely.institute/goblins/
2•alhazrod•41m ago•0 comments

Show HN: I built a free PDF to Markdown converter

https://freeaitoolforthat.com/pdf-to-markdown
2•tamnv•44m ago•0 comments

AI agents now have their own Reddit-style social network, and it's getting weird

https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2026/01/ai-agents-now-have-their-own-reddit-style-...
2•SaaSasaurus•47m ago•0 comments

Takeaway coffee cups release microplastic particles

https://phys.org/news/2026-01-takeaway-coffee-cups-thousands-microplastic.html
2•PaulHoule•50m ago•0 comments

L'actualité qui buzz: l'AGI en Vue dès 2026

https://nadiaaccompagne.substack.com/p/lactualite-qui-buzz-lagi-en-vue-des
1•NadiaAccompagne•51m ago•0 comments

U.N. Says It's in Danger of Financial Collapse Because of Unpaid Dues

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/world/americas/un-finances-collapse-debts.html
4•iancmceachern•51m ago•0 comments

The Saddest Moment: Distributed systems and the reliability illusion (2014)[pdf]

https://www.usenix.org/system/files/login/articles/13_mickens.pdf
2•teleforce•54m ago•0 comments

Epstein claimed Bill Gates had 'sex with Russian girls

https://mynorthwest.com/local/epstein-bill-gates-allegations/4196040
5•mellisacodes•55m ago•1 comments

Openclaw on Oracle's Free Tier: Always-On AI for $0/Month

https://ryanshook.org/blog/posts/openclaw-on-oracle-free-tier-always-on-ai-for-free/
2•RyanShook•55m ago•0 comments

Some Data Should Be Code

https://borretti.me/article/some-data-should-be-code
3•todsacerdoti•1h ago•0 comments

I am trying to create the most toxic social site on the internet

https://hugeweiner.com/
1•ZguideZ•1h ago•2 comments

Idle MMO

https://web.idle-mmo.com/
2•bdlowery•1h ago•1 comments

John Gurdon 1933–2025

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41587-026-03015-5
1•bookofjoe•1h ago•0 comments

2WAY: Software Without Lock-In

https://medium.com/@2W/2way-software-without-lock-in-f390d535ca69
1•livegnik•1h ago•0 comments

Errors in Database Systems, Eventual Consistency, and the CAP theorem (2010)

https://cacm.acm.org/blogcacm/errors-in-database-systems-eventual-consistency-and-the-cap-theorem/
1•teleforce•1h ago•0 comments

NumPy in C (2014)

https://jcastellssala.com/2014/02/01/npy-in-c/
3•fzliu•1h ago•2 comments

The abysmal state of Windows 11 Taskbar icons

https://github.com/tringi/papers/blob/main/windows-state-of-icons.md
1•Tringi•1h ago•1 comments

Show HN: OpenVideo – A self-hostable, open-source video editor in the browser

https://github.com/openvideodev/openvideo
2•snapmotion•1h ago•1 comments

Lumafield Scan of LTT TrueSpec Cable

https://voyager.lumafield.com/project/94fca565-4370-49d8-a5de-797de7c1c188
2•Kye•1h ago•0 comments