frontpage.
newsnewestaskshowjobs

Made with ♥ by @iamnishanth

Open Source @Github

fp.

Open in hackernews

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

Comments

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 :)

Hadopi, perhaps the world's worst copyright law, is moribund but not quite dead

https://walledculture.org/hadopi-perhaps-the-worlds-worst-copyright-law-is-moribund-but-not-quite...
1•hn_acker•1m ago•1 comments

Is Trump trying to turn Texas blue?

https://www.natesilver.net/p/is-trump-trying-to-turn-texas-blue
1•7777777phil•2m ago•0 comments

New Generation of Accounting

1•filipriec•3m ago•0 comments

Fair Step Challenge Builder

https://motion-app.com/tools/step-challenge-builder/
1•georgegreenldn•5m ago•1 comments

Texas woman arrested for Facebook post about town water quality

https://reclaimthenet.org/texas-woman-arrested-for-facebook-post-about-town-water-quality
2•abawany•7m ago•0 comments

Iowa lawmakers to mandate students take Center for Intellectual Freedom classes

https://www.kcrg.com/2026/05/20/iowa-lawmakers-move-mandate-students-take-center-intellectual-fre...
1•hn_acker•7m ago•1 comments

Orbit – Route every AI query to the right model automatically (NPM SDK)

https://orbitai.gtll.app
2•gabrielsmartin•10m ago•0 comments

Delivery Hero reveals Uber takeover bid at €10B valuation

https://www.ft.com/content/6d5df0df-74b3-4be9-a1ec-27322e1c3184
1•JumpCrisscross•10m ago•0 comments

AI super-apps are remaking China's internet

https://www.economist.com/business/2026/05/17/ai-super-apps-are-remaking-chinas-internet
1•marojejian•11m ago•1 comments

ScyllaDB PHP Driver: the story so far

https://www.dusanmalusev.dev/blog/scylladb-php-driver-the-story-so-far
1•CodeLieutenant•11m ago•0 comments

JetBrains Is Selling Independence as the Rest of AI Coding Picks Sides

https://thenewstack.io/jetbrains-independent-ai-coding/
1•Brajeshwar•13m ago•0 comments

Texas AG sues Meta over claims that WhatsApp doesn't provide E2EE

https://arstechnica.com/security/2026/05/texas-ag-sues-meta-over-claims-that-whatsapp-doesnt-prov...
2•stalfosknight•13m ago•0 comments

Apply to Rejoin the EU as soon as possible to increase growth in the UK

https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/749128
1•mariuz•15m ago•0 comments

The Mirror Is Part of the Machine

https://yusufaytas.com/the-mirror-is-part-of-the-machine
10•london_safari•16m ago•0 comments

The Fonts of the U.S. Federal Courts

https://daringfireball.net/2026/05/the_fonts_of_the_us_federal_courts
2•tosh•17m ago•0 comments

Rotten Apple: Former Israeli Spies Hired by Silicon Valley Giant

https://www.mintpressnews.com/apple-israel-unit-8200-hiring/290226/
3•lorecore•18m ago•0 comments

Being oncall taught me everything

https://yaoyue.org/blog/2026-oncall/
1•ayhanfuat•19m ago•0 comments

Star Maker by Olaf Stapledon

https://philosophynow.org/issues/173/Star_Maker_by_Olaf_Stapledon
1•measurablefunc•23m ago•0 comments

Ghana proposes mandatory licensing for IT professionals and businesses [pdf]

https://www.nita.gov.gh/wp-content/uploads/2025/NITA-2008-act-2025-1.pdf
3•certyfreak•25m ago•1 comments

JWT is a scam and your app doesn't need it

https://www.dusanmalusev.dev/blog/jwt-is-a-scam-and-your-app-doesnt-need-it
8•CodeLieutenant•27m ago•0 comments

Effects of whole-body vibration training on sarcopenia in older adults

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-026-45710-y
1•bookofjoe•29m ago•0 comments

Beyond Nostalgia: 8-Bit Computing as Tech Critique

https://yadin.com/notes/nostalgia/
1•dryadin•30m ago•0 comments

Rocket Mail

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rocket_mail
1•aragonite•30m ago•0 comments

See great white shark swim between surfers at Pismo Beach pier. 'It's insane'

https://www.sanluisobispo.com/news/local/environment/article315841926.html
1•Bender•30m ago•0 comments

Zuck defends monitoring employees to win AI race in purported leaked audio

https://www.theregister.com/ai-ml/2026/05/22/zuck-defends-monitoring-employees-to-win-ai-race-in-...
1•Bender•31m ago•0 comments

Show HN: A simple app to visualize Apple Health workout logs

https://streakout.app/
1•toni88x•31m ago•0 comments

Show HN: Memory for LLM apps that cuts input tokens up to 80% (avg 68%)

https://github.com/Tem-Degu/streetai-memory
1•degutemesgen•32m ago•0 comments

It took 40 years for technology to catch up to this zipper design

https://news.mit.edu/2026/three-sided-y-zipper-design-0504
1•geox•32m ago•0 comments

Uber to make offer for German food delivery co DeliveryHero

https://www.reuters.com/business/delivery-hero-confirms-takeover-offer-uber-2026-05-23/
1•gigatexal•34m ago•1 comments

Piqo – a pi extension to collaborate with agents directly from your files

https://github.com/piqoni/pi-piqo
1•lexoj•39m ago•0 comments