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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 :)

Ben Affleck Banned from Hard Rock Casino When Caught Counting Cards (2014)

https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/ben-affleck-banned-hard-rock-casino-counting-cards-223154372....
1•thunderbong•3m ago•0 comments

LLM Performance by Programming Language

https://gertlabs.com/blog/llm-performance-by-language
2•gertlabs•4m ago•1 comments

First-Ever Tokenized Space Tourism: AI and Space and Blockchain

https://cccforgc.com/
1•cccxtha•7m ago•0 comments

Archivists Turn to LLMs to Decipher Handwriting at Scale

https://spectrum.ieee.org/ai-handwriting-transcription-transkribus-lecun
1•pseudolus•8m ago•0 comments

Dot-Coms That Deliver (2001)

https://books.google.com/
1•Apocryphon•8m ago•3 comments

The American epoch of oil is collapsing. What comes next could be ugly

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2026/may/17/america-china-energy-oil-renewables
3•nithinj•10m ago•0 comments

AI Leak Watch: 435,608 potential AI API key matches in public GitHub code

https://ai-keys-leaks.begimher.com/
1•dan_l2•10m ago•0 comments

The automation of jobs will never end

https://metastable.org/never-end/
1•pbw•15m ago•0 comments

Why Panama Is the Ideal Destination for Real Estate Investment

https://serviciosdebienesyraices.com/why-panama-is-the-ideal-destination-for-real-estate-investment
1•friwill•20m ago•0 comments

Spirit Airlines Passenger Brings 'Emotional Support' Rotisserie Chicken Thru TSA

https://viewfromthewing.com/spirit-airlines-passenger-brings-emotional-support-rotisserie-chicken...
4•rawgabbit•20m ago•0 comments

Possible atmosphere detected on small trans-Neptunian object

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/this-tiny-celestial-body-past-pluto-shouldnt-have-an-at...
3•pavel_lishin•26m ago•0 comments

Slop Bucket Idea – a dataset of AI slop (train AI what not to do)

2•IAmNeo•37m ago•4 comments

Hubris of Timing: Why being right abt the future isnt enough to capitalize on it

https://deciens.com/press-and-insights/epistula-14-the-hubris-of-timing
2•ryan_j_naughton•39m ago•0 comments

How fast is N tokens per second really?

https://mikeveerman.github.io/tokenspeed/
5•hexagr•43m ago•1 comments

Students deserve better than COLLEGE

https://stanforddaily.com/2026/05/14/students-deserve-better-than-college/
2•johntfella•47m ago•1 comments

Show HN: Dashbuster – Replace em dashes on any website

https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/dashbuster/pnfhimkhinoecknjhlggdbgoajcogfll
1•qainsights•59m ago•0 comments

I went inside OpenAI's secretive San Francisco headquarters

https://www.sfgate.com/tech/article/openai-san-francisco-headquarters-22259754.php
2•bryan0•1h ago•0 comments

Most Americans don't trust AI – or the people in charge of it

https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/644853/pew-gallup-data-americans-dont-trust-ai
4•cdrnsf•1h ago•0 comments

Apple announced the iPhone 17e with a chip developed in Israel

https://www.jpost.com/consumerism/article-888680
6•banku_brougham•1h ago•5 comments

Show HN: How to Kill the Dead Internet

https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/d-slop/cnjeckkgbjgfledbphbobjabnfjnheef
4•bigger_fish•1h ago•1 comments

Microsoft will let you remap the Copilot key to restore right ctrl functionality

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/accessibility/windows/copilot/understand-updates-to-the-copil...
2•razorbeamz•1h ago•0 comments

Tracking Skyscraper-Size Asteroids, Failed Supernovas and Interstellar Visits

https://www.quantamagazine.org/rubin-tracks-skyscraper-size-asteroids-failed-supernovas-and-inter...
2•tzury•1h ago•0 comments

I built a local layer that kills Token Tax–Python lib+Chrome extension+Mac app

https://omna.dev/
1•gauravji•1h ago•0 comments

Terms of (Ab)Use: An Analysis of GenAI Services [pdf]

https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.18964
2•droidjj•1h ago•0 comments

ArXiv will ban authors for a year if they let AI do all the work

https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/16/research-repository-arxiv-will-ban-authors-for-a-year-if-they-l...
2•0in•1h ago•0 comments

Signex: AI-first EDA, KiCad-compatible schematic and PCB editor built in Rust

https://github.com/alplabai/signex
2•Onavo•1h ago•0 comments

Tie Club

https://martin-baker.com/tie-club/
2•prawn•1h ago•0 comments

Yum Brands, Nvidia will deploy new AI at 500 restaurants

https://www.restaurantdive.com/news/yum-brands-nvidia-ai-taco-bell-pizza-hut-kfc-deal/742926/
2•littlexsparkee•1h ago•2 comments

pocket – A dead-simple file clipboard for your terminal

https://github.com/pasc4le-ai-sandbox/pocket
2•pasc4le•1h ago•0 comments

Museum of Imaginary Musical Instruments

https://imaginaryinstruments.org/
3•bookofjoe•2h ago•0 comments