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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 :)

Ask HN: Why are so many accomplished founders joining Anthropic?

1•guru3s•27s ago•0 comments

Altera returns to growth as AI, robotics fuel demand, CEO says

https://www.reuters.com/business/altera-returns-growth-ai-robotics-fuel-demand-ceo-says-2026-07-10/
1•adithyaharish•2m ago•0 comments

Why We're Dismantling the International Criminal Court

https://www.wsj.com/opinion/why-were-dismantling-the-icc-0af0a8a6
1•andsoitis•4m ago•0 comments

Turso v0.7.0

https://turso.tech/blog/turso-0.7.0
2•ms7892•7m ago•0 comments

Fake Government Loan Schemes: Warning Signs to Avoid Scams – SMFG India Credit

https://www.smfgindiacredit.com/knowledge-center/fake-government-loan-schemes.aspx
1•saumyaraut11•10m ago•0 comments

Launched BattleShip on Chaaaaa.com

1•Kevintbt•13m ago•0 comments

Rip-CLI: Commandline interface of rip

https://github.com/Projekt-RIP/rip-cli
1•thunderbong•13m ago•0 comments

Copyright law is now the biggest battleground in Australia's AI boom

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-07-14/copyright-law-battleground-in-australia-ai-boom/106891890
1•ahonhn•13m ago•0 comments

Ask HN: Is rapid API still worth efforts in 2026?

1•mmakeev•14m ago•0 comments

Show HN: An Interactive Guide to Poker

https://poker.shivs.me
1•sxhivs•16m ago•0 comments

Show HN: Giving Claude Code and codex its voice using kokoro

https://github.com/softcane/aloud
1•pradeep1177•29m ago•0 comments

Anthropic runs like Wile E. Coyote into the brick wall of consciousness research

https://www.theintrinsicperspective.com/p/anthropic-runs-like-wile-e-coyote
2•RebelPotato•29m ago•0 comments

The Empire Strikes Back

https://scottsumner.substack.com/p/the-empire-strikes-back
1•paulpauper•31m ago•0 comments

A new kind of robot swims the seas and soars the skies

https://www.npr.org/2026/07/09/nx-s1-5885040/robot-flying-aerial-aquatic-mit-birds
1•paulpauper•32m ago•0 comments

Cat Is Being Nice? Think Again

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/10/science/cat-grooming-licking-research.html
1•paulpauper•32m ago•0 comments

Australia is offering free daytime electricity

https://lenergy.com.au/free-daytime-electricity-is-coming-heres-how-it-actually-works/
3•i2oc•33m ago•1 comments

TV Time is getting shut down. It's founder is building its replacement

https://www.neowin.net/news/tv-time-is-on-its-last-legs-its-founder-is-already-building-its-repla...
1•bundie•40m ago•0 comments

IronCurtain – A secure* runtime for autonomous AI agents

https://github.com/provos/ironcurtain
1•n0on3•43m ago•0 comments

Show HN: Codex Pet Web – put any Codex pet on any website

https://pets.caro.sh
1•kobi_kadosh•45m ago•0 comments

Hands-On with iOS and iPadOS 27, macOS 27 Golden Gate, and Siri AI

https://eshumarneedi.com/2026/07/13/handson-with-ios-and-ipados.html
1•mindracer•47m ago•0 comments

GEPA: Reflective Prompt Evolution Can Outperform Reinforcement Learning

https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.19457
3•handfuloflight•52m ago•0 comments

Egypt and Turkey deny LGBTQ+ cruise access to port over immorality

https://www.jpost.com/international/article-902192
1•andsoitis•52m ago•0 comments

Locked Away

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2026/07/20/locked-away
3•petethomas•52m ago•0 comments

Built a Chrome extension to organize GitHub stars

https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/stardeck/cegfcmcniionnghnglfehbdmelffbnan
1•nandanadileep29•55m ago•0 comments

Lawsuit: Man used Grok to make 7K sex images of stepdaughter, then shot himself

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/07/lawsuit-grok-user-made-7k-child-sex-images-xai-only-r...
1•philips•58m ago•0 comments

Detection of a four-carbon sugar in interstellar space

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41550-026-02905-7
2•anyonecancode•59m ago•0 comments

US "Normalizing Unmanned Aircraft Systems Bvlos Operations" Rule Moves Closer

https://www.unmannedairspace.info/latest-news-and-information/us-normalizing-unmanned-aircraft-sy...
1•bryanrasmussen•1h ago•1 comments

Why is LinkedIn enumerating my browser extensions?

https://insertchaos.bearblog.dev/the-strange-case-of-an-attack-on-my-browser/
2•snorbleck•1h ago•0 comments

Ongoing changes to Android security patches due to AI vulnerability discovery

https://discuss.grapheneos.org/d/40286-ongoing-changes-to-android-security-patches-due-to-ai-vuln...
2•Cider9986•1h ago•0 comments

Therapists see more young patients with gambling problems. They blame Kalshi

https://laist.com/news/health/la-therapists-are-seeing-more-young-patients-with-gambling-problems...
1•geox•1h ago•0 comments