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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 :)

AI Is Intensifying a 'Collapse' of Trust Online, Experts Say

https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/experts-warn-collapse-trust-online-ai-deepfakes-venezuela-...
1•m463•34s ago•0 comments

Public Money Public Code

https://publiccode.eu/en/
1•pabs3•1m ago•0 comments

Autofocusing Smart Glasses with Eye Tracking Tech Could Make Bifocals Obsolete

https://hothardware.com/news/autofocusing-smart-glasses-with-eye-tracking-tech-could-make-bifocal...
1•WaitWaitWha•3m ago•0 comments

2. Title: Show HN: First Modern Nvidia Driver for IBM POWER8 via OCuLink

https://github.com/Scottcjn/nvidia-power8-patches
1•AutoJanitor•6m ago•0 comments

Show HN: A Base44-style builder for data workflows (DuckDB-powered)

https://www.gptbeyond.com/try
1•vibecoding101•9m ago•0 comments

An mRNA Shot Turned Back the Clock in Mice

https://singularityhub.com/2026/01/08/aging-weakens-immunity-an-mrna-shot-turned-back-the-clock-i...
1•WaitWaitWha•10m ago•0 comments

It's Your Job to Keep Your Secrets

https://www.overcomingbias.com/p/its-your-job-to-keep-your-secrets
1•paulpauper•12m ago•0 comments

The Permanent Emergency

https://www.astralcodexten.com/p/the-permanent-emergency
1•paulpauper•12m ago•0 comments

How I Learned to Love Reading

https://www.honest-broker.com/p/how-i-learned-to-love-reading
1•paulpauper•13m ago•0 comments

MIT Whirlwind I: A High-Speed Electronic Digital Computer (1951)

https://dome.mit.edu/bitstream/handle/1721.3/40245/MC665_r12_R-209.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y
1•stmw•19m ago•1 comments

Freelance Contract Management Software

https://www.plotform.cc/
1•abdullah9•20m ago•0 comments

Gut bacteria may drive bipolar depression by influencing brain connectivity

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-12-gut-bacteria-play-role-bipolar.html
1•PaulHoule•21m ago•0 comments

Using AI, Mathematicians Find Hidden Glitches in Fluid Equations

https://www.quantamagazine.org/using-ai-mathematicians-find-hidden-glitches-in-fluid-equations-20...
1•pseudolus•22m ago•0 comments

Bytelocker Emacs Port

https://github.com/abaj8494/bytelocker.el
1•br1ttle•22m ago•1 comments

X Sues Music Publishers over "Weaponized" DMCA Takedown Conspiracy

https://torrentfreak.com/x-sues-music-publishers-over-weaponized-dmca-takedown-conspiracy/
3•gslin•23m ago•0 comments

The ethics of wanting someone who is taken

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc2V2YQc0RssBA_4j2Gh0Pb4AT8cdHtPP3sOatGg9Ide0uvjg/viewfo...
1•tavro•28m ago•1 comments

Maine's black market for baby eels is spawning a crime-thriller subgenre

https://www.pressherald.com/2025/09/09/maines-black-market-for-baby-eels-is-spawning-a-crime-thri...
2•noleary•28m ago•1 comments

USDA suspends federal financial awards to Minnesota and Minneapolis

https://turnto10.com/news/nation-world/enough-is-enough-usda-suspends-federal-financial-awards-to...
4•blurbleblurble•35m ago•3 comments

Show HN: I built a Postgres GUI in Swift because existing tools felt bloated

https://postgresgui.com
1•fikrigha•39m ago•0 comments

Scaffold – Add AI features to any site, no API keys or back end

https://www.scaffoldtool.com/
1•niqhtcrawler•42m ago•1 comments

Rust Is Perfectly Imperfect

http://0x80.pl/notesen/2026-01-08-imperfect-rust.html
1•orlp•53m ago•1 comments

AI Won't Kill Open Source – It Will Amplify It

https://petabridge.com/blog/ai-wont-kill-open-source/
1•Aaronontheweb•54m ago•0 comments

Show HN: Build your own Atlas/Comet AI-browser (open source)

https://github.com/tomkit/chromium-my-assistant
1•tomkit•56m ago•0 comments

Americans Do Not Need a Left or Right Revolution

https://www.grumpychineseguy.com/p/americans-do-not-need-a-left-or-right
3•metadope•1h ago•3 comments

AI as the Engine of Application State

https://jonwoodlief.com/ai-app-state.html
1•jonfw•1h ago•0 comments

Show HN: A Constitutional Framework for Ethical AI Decision-Making

https://github.com/SebastFock/Sovereign-Engagement
1•StrategicEthos•1h ago•0 comments

Show HN: Ollie – Glass-box AI code editor with local models and no subscription

https://costa-and-associates.com/ollie
1•lcmeyer•1h ago•1 comments

Show HN: 0list – Self-hosted waitlist on Cloudflare Workers (free tier)

https://0list.d4mr.com/
2•d4mr•1h ago•0 comments

The Code-Only Agent

https://rijnard.com/blog/the-code-only-agent
1•emersonmacro•1h ago•0 comments

Ask HN: Have CES keynotes been especially bad this year?

1•Fr0styMatt88•1h ago•0 comments