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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 :)

Market Close data in an easy to read email

https://www.theclose.email/
1•mattmerrick•1m ago•0 comments

Show HN: MatrAIx – simulate users before reality (Survey/Chat/Web/App)

https://github.com/MatrAIx-ai/MatrAIx-Persona-8B
1•YuexingHao•2m ago•0 comments

Whistleblower Arturo Béjar leads testimony in landmark trial against Meta

https://www.npr.org/2026/08/19/nx-s1-5936648/meta-trial-arturo-bejar-whistleblower-testimony
1•newsomix9xl•2m ago•0 comments

Zuckerberg encouraged growth over child safety, ex-Meta executive testifies

https://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/former-meta-engineer-resumes-testimony-landmark-trial-ov...
2•thm•5m ago•0 comments

Micron and the Myth of American Memory

https://www.culpium.com/p/micron-and-the-myth-of-american-memory
1•gmays•10m ago•0 comments

Do We Still Need Database Management Tools When AI Can Write SQL?

http://johnli.work/posts/do-we-still-need-database-management-tools-when-ai-can-write-sql/
1•cloudcanalx•12m ago•0 comments

Editing Text with a MIDI Controller

https://www.sharpoblunto.com/News/2026/08/19/tuning-text
1•mrsharpoblunto•13m ago•1 comments

Evaluating DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 on Hack the Box Challenges

https://theaq.blog/2026/08/18/evaluating-deepseek-deepseek-v4-pro-0813-on-hack-the-box-challenges...
1•indigodaddy•15m ago•0 comments

The box that built globalisation

https://www.ft.com/content/b88c3466-4525-4e16-b3fe-e10e713a2025
1•thm•17m ago•0 comments

California lawmakers call for crackdown on wildfire betting

https://ktla.com/news/california/california-lawmakers-crackdown-on-wildfire-betting
2•madihaa•19m ago•0 comments

Show HN: AI agents can now safely write to your CRMs

https://www.archron.app/
1•rjimena•20m ago•0 comments

Show HN: Tempo Checker – Real-time disposable email detection API

https://tempo-checker.rami-dev.com/
1•rami-dev•22m ago•0 comments

Ask HN: How do I get Fable to acknowledge me?

2•bridgettegraham•26m ago•1 comments

How Claude's Watermark Works

https://instavm.io/blog/how-claudes-watermark-works
3•mkagenius•26m ago•0 comments

Show HN: HN Notify

https://hnnotify.org
2•jermaustin1•37m ago•0 comments

Copycat

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copycat_(software)
2•m-hodges•37m ago•0 comments

Microdramas boom in a shrinking Hollywood as studios chase a TikTok audience

https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/microdramas-boom-shrinking-hollywood-studios-chase...
2•petethomas•44m ago•3 comments

Serum 2 Synthesizer plugin gets Linux support

https://synthanatomy.com/2026/08/xfer-records-serum-2-super-popular-wavetable-synth-gets-massive-...
2•thm•47m ago•0 comments

The Life and Times of Maxis, Part 3: The Sims

https://www.filfre.net/2026/08/the-life-and-times-of-maxis-part-3-the-sims/
1•doppp•49m ago•0 comments

Comparing Qwen3.8 Max and Fable 5 on UI

https://blog.kilo.ai/p/qwen38-max-just-passed-claude-fable
1•iamcoder18•49m ago•1 comments

T-Mobile 'chopped a cable' to expel Chinese hackers from its network

https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/19/t-mobile-chopped-a-cable-to-expel-chinese-hackers-from-its-netw...
2•TMWNN•52m ago•0 comments

Bongard Problems

https://matthodges.com/posts/2026-08-19-bongard-problems/
2•m-hodges•1h ago•0 comments

The Sun Never Sets on the Ant Empire (2019)

https://sqonline.ucsd.edu/2019/05/the-sun-never-sets-on-the-ant-empire/
1•thunderbong•1h ago•0 comments

I wanted to talk to a turbine, so I spent 18 years building NthDimension

https://syscon.gr/blog/20260820.html
2•ariadnep•1h ago•0 comments

The Rats Terrorizing Everyone in Gaza

https://www.thenation.com/article/world/rats-gaza-vermin-crisis/
3•petethomas•1h ago•0 comments

Ask HN: What are folks using as the storage engine for their context graphs?

1•mercurialsolo•1h ago•1 comments

Why Outdoor EV Charger Displays Are More Complicated Than They Look

https://duobond-display.com/news/display-interfaces-system-integration/521.html
2•Todorov•1h ago•0 comments

Bill Ackman: Why We're Donating $400M to Brain Research

https://twitter.com/BillAckman/status/2090190151083532583
1•iamronaldo•1h ago•0 comments

Lunar Volcanism

https://science.nasa.gov/moon/lunar-volcanism/
1•Jimmc414•1h ago•0 comments

Does anyone find AI code review useful?

2•swimmingpolar•1h ago•5 comments