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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•7mo ago

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kuberwastaken•7mo 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 :)

Printer tracking dots visible after holographic foiling of transparency print

https://xcancel.com/garnetstar28/status/1997048456532332931
1•Lammy•37s ago•0 comments

'It's like the lottery': AI boom has created parking chaos in SF neighborhood

https://www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/mission-car-parking-san-francisco-21221645.php
1•mikhael•3m ago•0 comments

Use Python for Scripting

https://hypirion.com/musings/use-python-for-scripting
1•todsacerdoti•3m ago•0 comments

New Study Raises Heart Health Concerns About Long-Term Melatonin Use

https://lovable.dev/auth-bridge
1•TailErrorSwift•3m ago•0 comments

Titans and MIRAS: Helping AI have long-term memory

https://research.google/blog/titans-miras-helping-ai-have-long-term-memory/
1•bilsbie•5m ago•0 comments

Ask HN: Do you believe Netflix will be a good steward of Warner Bros?

1•dannyphantom•6m ago•0 comments

The general who refused to crush Tiananmen's protesters

https://www.economist.com/china/2025/12/04/the-general-who-refused-to-crush-tiananmens-protesters
3•marojejian•8m ago•1 comments

The Broken Job Search: Why Applying to Big Tech Is a Trap

https://webdev-sb.blogspot.com/2025/11/the-broken-job-search-why-applying-to.html
2•typesafeJ•16m ago•0 comments

Camera traps snap 3X more images of endangered Sumatran tigers than before

https://www.frontiersin.org/news/2025/12/04/camera-traps-endangered-sumatran-tiger
1•gmays•18m ago•0 comments

A Template-Driven Approach to Resource Management for AI Compute

https://www.ori.co/blog/a-template-driven-approach-to-ai-resource-management
1•edogrider•23m ago•0 comments

Rnj-1: Building Instruments of Intelligence

https://www.essential.ai/research/rnj-1
1•neversettles•27m ago•0 comments

Risks to British Business

https://www.riskstobritishbusiness.today
1•seangrvs•29m ago•0 comments

The Hays Code

https://allthetropes.org/wiki/Hays_Code
1•Ariarule•32m ago•0 comments

Agents need good developer experience too

https://modal.com/blog/agents-devex
1•birdculture•33m ago•0 comments

One Last Trip: Traveling with my brother's remains (2022)

https://www.thecut.com/2022/03/traveling-brothers-remains.html
1•NaOH•33m ago•0 comments

Notes on Distributed Systems for Young Bloods (2013)

https://www.somethingsimilar.com/2013/01/14/notes-on-distributed-systems-for-young-bloods/
2•ishandotpage•33m ago•1 comments

Ferrari's Formula 1 Handovers: Handovers from Surgery to Intensive Care 2008;pdf

https://gwern.net/doc/technology/2008-sower.pdf
2•bookofjoe•33m ago•0 comments

The Influence of Self

https://dubroy.com/blog/self/
1•gjvc•34m ago•0 comments

Show HN: LLMs Play Mafia

https://www.twitch.tv/turing_games
1•ycyvonne•34m ago•0 comments

Germany votes to bring in voluntary military service programme for 18-year-olds

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ckg9drg8pg1o
2•petermcneeley•35m ago•0 comments

Tell HN: iOS 18.7.2 in Lockdown Mode is unable to load many websites

2•HotGarbage•36m ago•1 comments

ChatGPT Competed in an Economist's Prediction Game

https://www.businessinsider.com/chatgpt-economists-secret-prediction-game-openai-2025-12
1•geox•36m ago•0 comments

Law of Reflection

https://www.4rknova.com//blog/2016/01/01/law-of-reflection
1•ibobev•37m ago•0 comments

OMSCS Open Courseware

https://sites.gatech.edu/omscsopencourseware/
14•kerim-ca•41m ago•3 comments

Swift-HuggingFace: The Complete Swift Client for Hugging Face

https://huggingface.co/blog/swift-huggingface
1•ibobev•46m ago•0 comments

Show HN: ContextPacker code context API for your agent without vector databases

https://contextpacker.com/
2•rozetyp•46m ago•0 comments

Scientists are turning Earth into a giant detector for hidden forces

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/12/251205054737.htm
2•saikatsg•47m ago•0 comments

What Is a Pedersen Commitment?

https://www.johndcook.com/blog/2025/12/06/pedersen-commitment/
1•ibobev•48m ago•0 comments

Show HN: Pure – An interactive satire on the absurdity of 'Terms of Service'

https://pure-finance.netlify.app/
1•safakferhatkaya•52m ago•0 comments

Show HN: RocketGift: Find the perfect gift in 30 seconds using AI

https://rocketgift.it
1•debba•54m ago•0 comments