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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•11mo ago

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kuberwastaken•11mo 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 :)

Show HN: SparseLab–real sparse training(CSR+custom kernel) in PyTorch, CPU-first

https://news.ycombinator.com/from?site=github.com/darshanfofadiya
1•DARSHANFOFADIYA•2m ago•1 comments

Skopx – AI analytics platform with built-in project management

https://skopx.com
1•skopx•3m ago•1 comments

AI GTM plugin for SEO and GEO in Claude Code

https://github.com/zhizdev/overgrow
4•zhizdev•4m ago•0 comments

Writing Matters

https://blog.apaonline.org/2026/04/22/writing-matters/
3•jruohonen•6m ago•0 comments

Private health records of half a million Britons for sale on Chinese Alibaba

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/apr/23/private-health-records-uk-biobank-chinese-webs...
1•0in•7m ago•0 comments

Ask HN: Why are companies so distrustful of remote employees?

1•lyfeninja•12m ago•4 comments

Meta Layoffs – 10% in May

https://www.npr.org/2026/04/23/nx-s1-5797855/meta-layoffs-10-percent-staff
1•dzonga•13m ago•0 comments

How to Win

https://nekolucifer.substack.com/p/how-to-win
2•andai•14m ago•0 comments

Scraped from ancient Roman toilets, remains expose a pathogen found earlier

https://phys.org/news/2026-04-ancient-roman-toilets-crusted-expose.html
1•wglb•16m ago•2 comments

Deploy an Autonomous X Team

https://agentbot.sh
1•Agentbot-esky•17m ago•0 comments

MiMo-v2.5-TTS Series

https://mimo.xiaomi.com/mimo-v2-5-tts/
1•gainsurier•18m ago•0 comments

Physicists revive 1990s laser concept to propose a next-generation atomic clock

https://phys.org/news/2026-04-physicists-revive-1990s-laser-concept.html
1•wglb•20m ago•1 comments

Sakana Fugu: A Multi-Agent Orchestration System as a Foundation Model

https://sakana.ai/fugu-beta/
1•hardmaru•20m ago•0 comments

Show HN: A Clean Room RFC for NTFS Structural Repair

https://github.com/seb3773/ntfs-repair-rfc/
1•seb3773•24m ago•1 comments

Are unbeaten superteams like the UConn Huskies bad for basketball?

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/mar/18/basketball-superteams-uconn-huskies-march-madness
1•PaulHoule•25m ago•0 comments

US Special Forces Soldier Arrested for Polymarket Bets on Maduro Raid

https://www.wired.com/story/us-special-forces-soldier-allegedly-profited-off-of-maduro-capture-on...
3•sssilver•28m ago•2 comments

Show HN: FilePop – a file browser in your menu bar

https://bendansby.com/filepop/
1•webwielder2•30m ago•0 comments

TikTok Makes Americans Want Chinese EVs They Can't Have

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-04-21/byd-xiaomi-and-zeekr-car-reviews-flood-tiktok-...
5•KnuthIsGod•31m ago•0 comments

Why Async Rust? (2023)

https://without.boats/blog/why-async-rust/
1•cosmic_quanta•33m ago•0 comments

Linux Commands Cheat Sheet

https://linuxserverguides.com/linux-commands-cheat-sheet.html
2•steelsmiley•34m ago•0 comments

Show HN: I Built a Terms-of-Service Analysis Chrome Extension - Check it Out!

https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/tostask/cdlcnhmhiicolbmjemllhlfmofahlnlm
1•Armaan2010•36m ago•1 comments

Ask HN: How many tabs do you have open in the browser(s) and why?

2•juujian•47m ago•2 comments

MCP Gateways Aren't Enough: AI Agents Need Identity, Authorization, and Proof

https://www.diagrid.io/blog/why-mcp-gateways-are-not-enough
1•mwfussell•48m ago•0 comments

PHP Security Checklist The things you must do when coding

https://www.projectseven.net/php-security-checklist.php
1•marcofloriano•49m ago•0 comments

AI bot that doomscrolls so you don't have to

https://techthreedots.com/noscroll-is-an-ai-bot-that-doomscrolls-so-you-dont-have-to
3•pirbit•51m ago•1 comments

AI #165: In Our Image

https://thezvi.substack.com/p/ai-165-in-our-image
1•paulpauper•52m ago•0 comments

Theft Is Now Progressive Chic

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/04/hasan-piker-jia-tolentino-microlooting/686919/
2•paulpauper•53m ago•0 comments

Redis-objects 2.0: 17 years, 2k stars, and 16M downloads later

https://nateware.com/2026/04/23/redis-objects-2-0-17-years-2k-stars-and-16m-downloads-later/
1•nateware•53m ago•1 comments

Surely there must be a way to make container secrets less dangerous?

https://dalmatian.life/2026/04/11/surely-there-must-be-a-way-to-make-container-secrets-less-dange...
4•birdculture•1h ago•1 comments

Show HN: Payoff calculator: Should you pay off debt or invest?

https://www.planwell.ai/paydown
1•arundhati2000•1h ago•1 comments