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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 :)

Wikivibes – Write the encyclopedia you wished existed

https://wikivibes.org/
1•grefsd•1m ago•0 comments

Fitting Neural Textures and PBR Material Maps with ES (No Backprop)

http://richg42.blogspot.com/2026/09/fitting-neural-texture-and-pbr-material.html
1•ibobev•1m ago•0 comments

Compact Neural Appearance Models for Efficient Gaussian Splatting

https://fhahlbohm.github.io/efficient-gaussian-appearance/
1•ibobev•2m ago•0 comments

Show HN: Cognition-Claude-proxy – Use Devin model catalog with Claude Code

https://github.com/coderexpert123/cognition-claude-proxy
1•hrishi1990•2m ago•0 comments

MazeDIY – free browser tool that turns any photo into a printable maze

https://mazediy.com
1•simondong•2m ago•0 comments

Blizzard Revives 'StarCraft' Franchise with Open-World Sci-Fi Shooter

https://hypebeast.com/2026/9/blizzard-open-world-starcraft-sci-fi-shooter-2030-release-info-tease...
1•malloci•2m ago•0 comments

Why don't machine learning research agents overfit?

https://www.amazon.science/blog/why-dont-machine-learning-research-agents-overfit
1•Betelbuddy•3m ago•0 comments

We trained the fly to close B2B SaaS deals

https://tryopine.com/flyslop
1•ctdio•4m ago•0 comments

How is climate change affecting conifers and their ability to sequester carbon?

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-02847-0
1•Brajeshwar•4m ago•0 comments

Sixteen Locks Ought to Be Enough for Anybody

https://thebuild.com/blog/sixteen-locks-ought-to-be-enough-for-anybody/
1•speckx•5m ago•0 comments

Show HN: Rebuno - An open-source runtime for production agents

https://github.com/rebuno/rebuno
1•nnww•6m ago•0 comments

When LLM judges agree, should we believe them?

https://www.amazon.science/blog/when-llm-judges-agree-should-we-believe-them
2•Betelbuddy•6m ago•0 comments

Show HN: DNSMint – Give a sandbox its own domain and HTTPS cert in one API call

https://dnsmint.com/
1•kxbnb•7m ago•0 comments

Black Holes or Black Hole Stars?

https://www.quantamagazine.org/black-holes-or-black-hole-stars-astronomers-spar-over-webb-telesco...
1•ibobev•8m ago•0 comments

When does generative AI qualify for fair use?

https://suchir.net/fair_use.html
1•lioeters•8m ago•0 comments

I stress-tested Meta Muse until its agent control plane started timing out

https://blog.cygankiewicz.com/en/meta-muse-black-box-testing/
2•mpkc•9m ago•0 comments

Hacking AI customer service agents

https://www.intigriti.com/researchers/blog/hacking-tools/hacking-ai-customer-service-agents
3•snikolaev•9m ago•0 comments

Costco Is Rationing Oil and Doubling Its Price as Supply Dwindles

https://www.jalopnik.com/2256151/costco-rationing-oil-doubling-price-as-supply-dwindles/
3•kevmo•10m ago•1 comments

Stalling Installing

https://adactio.com/journal/22757
1•speckx•10m ago•0 comments

Can China's chip ambitions reshape the global tech landscape?

https://www.channelnewsasia.com/interactive/china-chip-ambitions-semiconductor-duv-euv/
2•gmays•10m ago•0 comments

Cops Search Flock Cameras for Reasons of 'LMAO,' 'IDK,' and 'Asdfg'

https://www.404media.co/cops-search-thousands-of-flock-cameras-for-reasons-of-lmao-idk-hehe-and-a...
2•cdrnsf•12m ago•0 comments

How my e-reader lost its stripes

https://www.serpentine.com/posts/2026/x3-stripes/
1•simonmic•12m ago•0 comments

Show HN: AttaLambda: a language where types and data are made of untyped lambdas

https://attalambda.com
1•kserrec•14m ago•0 comments

Running a small LLM in reMarkable 2

https://github.com/ykumards/unremarkable
3•kittykatbeans•15m ago•0 comments

MIT creates method to force AI to comply with safety rules

https://theframenews.org/en/hardflow-safety-critical-ai/
11•Sarvaturi•17m ago•6 comments

Introduction to AI Engineering

https://heymeraki.substack.com/p/aie_10-introduction-to-ai-engineering
4•heyylolu•18m ago•0 comments

The Medieval Origin of the PhD Dissertation

https://brianschrader.com/archive/the-medieval-origin-of-the-phd-dissertation/
3•sonicrocketman•18m ago•0 comments

C++26: Module Improvements

https://www.sandordargo.com/blog/2026/09/09/cpp26-modules
2•snikolaev•19m ago•0 comments

Saudi Arabia Faces 'Worst-Case Scenario' After Being Rebuffed by Trump

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/14/world/middleeast/saudi-iran-trump-yemen-houthis.html
3•prmph•19m ago•1 comments

Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy Mechanism Explorer

https://bricee98.github.io/dpn-mechanism-explorer/
2•bricee98•20m ago•0 comments