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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 :)

Retiring from the Project (Vv221)

https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2026/08/msg00318.html
1•OsrsNeedsf2P•45s ago•0 comments

Fastpotify

https://fastpotify.rocks/
1•nreece•2m ago•0 comments

GTA 6's Relationship Mechanic Is 'Cheating' on Your Real-Life Partner and Break

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1•FannyJoeStyles•2m ago•0 comments

Astronomers detect fastest known star in Milky Way

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2026/aug/19/astronomers-detect-fastest-known-star-in-milky-wa...
1•gmays•2m ago•0 comments

Ask HN: Why does HN hide the best comments and promote the worst?

1•RepResetNow•3m ago•0 comments

Tailcat: Tailscale Without Tailscale, by Tailscale

https://tailscale.com/blog/tailcat
1•ricochet11•6m ago•0 comments

FTC, States Sue Amazon over Secret Ad Surcharge Scheme

https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/news/press-releases/2026/08/ftc-states-sue-amazon-over-secret-ad-...
2•js2•10m ago•0 comments

Why Cargo's Yank Warning Became the Attack

https://medium.com/@chinmayshringi4/why-cargos-yank-warning-became-the-attack-74ec06042e8a
1•syumei•10m ago•0 comments

Ex-Crips leader found guilty in 1996 murder of rapper Tupac Shakur

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c24j5192j7jo
19•1659447091•14m ago•3 comments

China's CXMT Begins Production of Its HBM3E Memory

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1•yogthos•15m ago•0 comments

Show HN: A Curated Library of Hero Sections from Fast-Growing Startups

https://www.herotxt.page/
1•lynn_xx•17m ago•0 comments

How My Students Think About AI

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3•pella•18m ago•0 comments

Tell HN: Remember to Change Your Filters

1•surprisetalk•18m ago•0 comments

Mortal AGI via ICA/PCA Rep-Grids Replacing Currency with Local Infrastructure

http://ingridx.dynu.net/Substack/Mortal-AGI.html
1•jimekus•22m ago•0 comments

Logic and the 2-Simplicial Transformer (2019)

https://arxiv.org/abs/1909.00668
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RotaryCell: Making an unmodified rotary phone work over LTE with an ESP32-S3

https://github.com/fregacmols/RotaryCell
2•jombib•24m ago•1 comments

A composer published a paper on theoretical physics

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2•thunderbong•25m ago•0 comments

Why Google Stores Billions of Lines of Code in a Single Repository (2016)

https://dl.acm.org/doi/fullHtml/10.1145/2854146
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Curl Performance Tests

https://curl.se/perf/
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US Army secretary resigns after months of tension

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/czjz31dk1xmo
1•tartoran•33m ago•0 comments

Tim Cook's full memo to Apple employees on his last day as CEO

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2•soheilpro•34m ago•0 comments

Apple's New CEO Has One Job

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Ex-Congressman George Santos Receives Kalshi's First-Ever Lifetime Ban

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3•higginsniggins•45m ago•0 comments

Show HN: Deslop, a skill that turns legalese and AI slop into plain English

https://github.com/fayerman-source/deslop/
1•fayerman•50m ago•0 comments

"Dagon" by H. P. Lovecraft

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5•thunderbong•55m ago•0 comments

Sony brings free TV to the PS5

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3•ramn7•57m ago•0 comments

Hotline Telegram Support and Sales Hub (hotline.tg)

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The RSS Feed Got a Robot Assistant

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1•angelahollowell•1h ago•0 comments

Wendell Berry has died, age 92

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/31/us/wendell-berry-dead.html
4•Curiositry•1h ago•3 comments

Kale: A Transformation-Safe Spreadsheet System

https://arxiv.org/abs/2608.26345
1•zdw•1h ago•0 comments