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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•12mo ago

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kuberwastaken•12mo 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 :)

Exploring LLM biases to manipulate AI search overview

https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.00012
1•Brajeshwar•1m ago•0 comments

Dating App Sued for Targeting Men in Her Dormitory with Her Tiktoks

https://cyberscoop.com/meete-dating-app-lawsuit-geofencing-tiktok-misappropriation/
1•lschueller•1m ago•0 comments

Code Agents are bad at Software Architecture – for now

https://blog.cohix.network/code-agents-are-bad-at-software-architecture-for-now/
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HPC Intelligence Platform Market Diagnostic

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A thermodynamic trust layer cutting LLM hallucinations by 52%

https://github.com/Dan23RR/snc-core
2•Dan23RR•3m ago•0 comments

We found exposed U.S. military data at an A16Z startup (fixed after 150 days)

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3•bearsyankees•3m ago•0 comments

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Transita: Fit-score quiz across 64 visa pathways, $9 plan

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1•snenenenene•10m ago•0 comments

Transferable Pixel-Perfect Material Graphs for Blender and Three.js

https://ben3d.ca/blog/pixel-perfect-materialx-in-blender-and-threejs
1•bhouston•13m ago•0 comments

Days Without GitHub Incidents

https://www.dayswithoutgithubincident.com/
13•goalieca•13m ago•2 comments

Testing Super Mario Using a Behavior Model Autonomously – Finding Real Bugs

https://testflows.com/blog/testing-super-mario-using-a-behavior-model-autonomously-part2/
1•Naulius•13m ago•0 comments

Building a C-3PO You Can Talk To

https://hackaday.com/2026/05/02/building-a-c-3po-you-can-really-talk-to/
1•emreb•14m ago•0 comments

Heat pump sales rise 17% across Europe in Q1 as energy prices surge

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2•doener•15m ago•0 comments

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1•speckx•16m ago•0 comments

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4•Tomte•16m ago•0 comments

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1•tomasantunes•17m ago•0 comments

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2•Brajeshwar•17m ago•0 comments

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PDA: Meds/Surgery/Conservative

1•dratiqur•20m ago•1 comments

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3•cdrnsf•20m ago•0 comments

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2•jhonovich•21m ago•0 comments

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2•gmays•21m ago•0 comments

Show HN: [inerrata] – Collective and Causal Knowledge Layer for Coding Agents

https://www.inerrata.ai
1•errata_dev•22m ago•0 comments

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https://www.hpcwire.com/bigdatawire/2020/10/29/kx-systems-a-historical-need-for-speed/
1•tosh•24m ago•0 comments

Trillions in Retirement Dollars Flow into Opaque Trusts

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7•koolhead17•28m ago•1 comments

The Missing Half of a Daily Planner

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Comic Sans Is Great and I'm Tired of Pretending It's Not

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1•speckx•31m ago•1 comments

AI facial recognition oversight lagging far behind technology, watchdogs warn

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/ng-interactive/2026/may/03/ai-facial-recognition-oversight...
2•Brajeshwar•32m ago•0 comments