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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 :)

Cheap attack drones break through Israel's Iron Dome

https://www.dw.com/en/cheap-attack-drones-break-through-israels-iron-dome/a-77235132
1•Teever•1m ago•0 comments

Machine Code For Beginners (1983) [for the Z80/6502]

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Bxv0SsvibDMTcHNXalEtYkVtU00/view?resourcekey=0-YtCcUG7ytBL-ls8gc...
1•peter_d_sherman•1m ago•0 comments

AI poses "urgent threat" to student learning and the HSC

https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/ai-poses-urgent-threat-to-student-learning-and-the-hsc-202605...
1•classichasclass•2m ago•0 comments

Spoqify – Un-personalize your Spotify playlists

https://spoqify.com/
2•eiiot•7m ago•0 comments

Curing US Healthcare, Part III: The Future

https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/curing-us-healthcare-part-iii-the
1•rbanffy•9m ago•0 comments

Show HN: Simple Sprite Sheet Generation

https://github.com/acatovic/ai-game-studio
1•armcat•11m ago•0 comments

The political polarization of health outcomes in the USA

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41562-026-02474-9
2•geox•12m ago•0 comments

Show HN: 18 y/o – built the world's first behavioural intelligence platform

https://www.assemblr.net/
1•adityahv•14m ago•0 comments

Ask HN: Why didn't the C64 come with Simons' BASIC in the box from 1983 onward?

1•amichail•15m ago•0 comments

Why Physical Reality Is a Collective Construction

https://mimetra.com/blog/consciousness-fusion/
2•mw67•15m ago•0 comments

I am not a black belt

https://rodolphoarruda.pro.br/i-am-not-a-black-belt/
2•rodolphoarruda•17m ago•0 comments

The Leader of NASA's Artemis II Mission Is Still Moonstruck

https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-new-yorker-interview/the-leader-of-nasas-artemis-ii-mission-is...
1•fortran77•18m ago•0 comments

Show HN: Worldnotes – infinite notes in-browser canvas

https://github.com/AlexMason/worldnotes
1•recursivegirth•20m ago•0 comments

Machine: Never run NPM install on your computer

https://runmachine.dev/
1•katspaugh•20m ago•0 comments

Object-Store Native Databases

https://www.opendata.dev/docs
1•alex_hirner•22m ago•1 comments

The Next Computer Is Alive

https://www.reloadnyc.com/the-ai-shuffle/
2•smesser•23m ago•0 comments

Show HN: Brew-browser – A native macOS GUI for Homebrew

https://github.com/msitarzewski/brew-browser
1•msitarzewski•24m ago•0 comments

Did Amphetamines Help Erdős?

https://aleph.se/andart2/math/did-amphetamines-help-erdos/
1•wslh•26m ago•0 comments

The AI Bifurcation of Tech: Why the fundamentals matter more

https://neevash.com/blog/tech-bifurcation-and-the-0.5-layer
2•Nash0x7e2•26m ago•1 comments

A History of Obituaries in American Newspapers

https://blogs.loc.gov/headlinesandheroes/2026/05/mourn-not-a-history-of-obituaries-in-american-ne...
1•NaOH•27m ago•0 comments

Decree 770

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decree_770
1•mmh0000•28m ago•0 comments

Study of AI use by undergrads revealing disparities in access – and in cheating

https://news.berkeley.edu/2026/05/21/the-largest-study-of-ai-use-by-undergrads-is-in-revealing-di...
1•ChrisArchitect•28m ago•1 comments

When Generation Becomes Cheap, Selection Becomes Governance

https://lospino.so/blog/sunday-field-notes/the-workshop-has-changed/
2•jalospinoso•29m ago•0 comments

DHS says ICE has 'no relationship' with spyware maker Paragon Solutions

https://www.npr.org/2026/05/22/nx-s1-5831577/dhs-ice-spyware-paragon
3•devonnull•30m ago•0 comments

San Francisco Buried Treasure Has Been Found. Stop Hunting

https://www.buriedtreasuresf.com/solution
2•ChrisArchitect•31m ago•1 comments

Designing Event-Driven EVM Monitoring Systems

https://blog.bridgexapi.io/designing-event-driven-evm-monitoring-systems
1•Bridgexapi•34m ago•0 comments

CBP Directive 3340-049B: Border Search of Electronic Devices

https://www.cbp.gov/document/directives/cbp-directive-no-3340-049b-border-search-electronic-devices
1•Ember_Wipe•36m ago•0 comments

AV2 Codec Looks Like It Will Be Officially Released Next Week

https://www.phoronix.com/news/AV2-Next-Week
1•WithinReason•37m ago•0 comments

What Happens When Someone You Love Changes Their Face?

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-05-22/plastic-surgery-and-glp-1s-are-inspiring-a-new...
1•thunderbong•37m ago•0 comments

BYU's Supermileage vehicle: Squeezing 2,145 miles out of a single gallon of fuel

https://news.byu.edu/intellect/the-best
2•_josh_meyer_•39m ago•1 comments