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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 :)

Samsung Electronics, SK Group seal $950B in deals with AI firms

https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/south-korea-president-lee-looking-open-new-era-ai-...
1•alephnerd•35s ago•0 comments

IMAX vs. IMAX 70mm: The difference between these two cinema formats

https://www.engadget.com/2220571/differences-between-imax-70mm/
1•ksec•1m ago•0 comments

The Interstellar Laser Beacons Hypothesis and the Cosmic Lighthouses Project

https://arxiv.org/abs/2607.12106
1•tcp_handshaker•1m ago•0 comments

Visa Vulnerability Agentic Harness – Agentic SAST Pipeline

https://github.com/visa/visa-vulnerability-agentic-harness
1•binyu•6m ago•0 comments

Google signs Open Weights letter

https://twitter.com/sundarpichai/status/2081026488158040181
3•tosh•7m ago•0 comments

A Space Mission to Earth's Nearest Black Hole: Reality or Science Fiction?

https://arxiv.org/abs/2607.10982
1•tcp_handshaker•7m ago•0 comments

The Many Mysteries of the European Eel

https://lithub.com/on-the-many-mysteries-of-the-european-eel/
1•geneticdrifts•9m ago•0 comments

The Cost of Seamlessness

1•taotuner•10m ago•0 comments

New York's small business owners rejoice as Mamdani cuts red tape

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/25/zohran-mamdani-small-business-policies
4•ceejayoz•12m ago•0 comments

Will it be possible to do LLM Pool Training?

1•slicktux•12m ago•0 comments

Prompting

https://learn.chatgpt.com/docs/prompting
1•tosh•12m ago•0 comments

The process it the point: on workslop and asymmetric workfare

https://seekingtrust.substack.com/p/the-process-is-the-point-on-asymmetric
1•FinnLobsien•13m ago•0 comments

ClerpAI – AI-verified matching between indie devs and real streamers

https://clerpai.com
1•yoopla_dev•14m ago•0 comments

CERN: Genesis Mission will develop and deploy self-improving AI models [pdf]

https://indico.cern.ch/event/1662511/contributions/6989580/attachments/3241179/5781542/Genesis%20...
2•donutloop•16m ago•1 comments

Why there is confusion around Automation and Agentic AI

https://medium.com/data-science-collective/why-there-is-confusion-around-automation-and-agentic-a...
1•marcofloriano•17m ago•0 comments

Apple's Robo-Repo

https://pluralistic.net/2026/07/25/cruel-cruelty-oh-cruelty/
2•hn_acker•22m ago•0 comments

Engineering management after the cost of code collapsed

https://karimjedda.com/engineering-management-after-cost-of-code-collapse/
1•kiyanwang•23m ago•0 comments

Fields and Abacus Medals 2026

https://www.quantamagazine.org/series/fields-and-abacus-medals-2026/
1•anujbans•25m ago•0 comments

Show HN: A CLI that spends a whole stage arguing your startup idea is wrong

https://github.com/jintukumardas/opportunity-engine
1•jintukumardas•26m ago•0 comments

Boustrophedon

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boustrophedon
1•gregsadetsky•28m ago•0 comments

Steam Workshop Map for Meccha Chameleon Used to Deliver Malware

https://medium.com/@FeintBE/workshop-map-for-meccha-chameleon-is-a-malware-dropper-full-breakdown...
1•tester457•29m ago•1 comments

Are dolphins the only animals that call each other by name?

https://www.science.org/content/article/are-dolphins-only-animals-call-each-other-name
1•Brajeshwar•29m ago•0 comments

teachers decry plan for humanoid robot in New York high school

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/25/new-york-humanoid-robot-teachers-school
3•galaktor•31m ago•2 comments

Show HN: Added MCP and conditional styling into my habit/metrics tracking app

https://habitpocket.io/
1•bohdanstefaniuk•32m ago•0 comments

Opus 5 ARC-AGI-3 likely benchmaxxed

https://xcancel.com/quietnning/status/2080786711861407883
3•iamskeole•32m ago•1 comments

SkyPocket – Live flight stats and stat-stamped photos/videos

https://skypocket.cloud/
1•jmkni•33m ago•0 comments

What happens behind the scenes when we change effort for same LLM models?

2•tbharath•34m ago•0 comments

Prosecutor Investigating U.S. Boat Strikes Was Murdered in Ecuador

https://www.dropsitenews.com/p/prosecutor-investigating-ecuador-boat-strikes-murdered
2•hn_acker•35m ago•1 comments

Show HN: TypeScript software rasterizer with programmable shaders

https://github.com/vangelov/ts-rasterizer
1•vlad_angelov•35m ago•0 comments

The tech world is suddenly obsessed with one concept in AI: Distillation

https://www.cnbc.com/2026/07/25/hat-is-distillation-and-why-is-everyone-so-obsessed-with-it-this-...
1•pseudolus•36m ago•0 comments