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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 :)

Backpacking Sleeping Pads, Tested on the Trail (2026)

https://www.wired.com/gallery/best-backpacking-sleeping-pad/
1•joozio•5m ago•0 comments

Show HN: Tiny React charts that fit in a line of text, zero deps

https://microcharts.dev
1•ganapativs•6m ago•0 comments

Does the UK's liver transplant matching algorithm exclude younger patients?

https://www.normaltech.ai/p/does-the-uks-liver-transplant-matching
1•squirrel•7m ago•0 comments

Karen Hao: AI Doesn't Have to Be Built This Way

https://www.bloomberg.com/features/2026-karen-hao-weekend-interview/
2•evo_9•8m ago•0 comments

Using ThinkPad T480 as a mobile phone

https://grego.site/blog/thinkphone
2•marosgrego•10m ago•1 comments

Show HN: WaitToUnlock, a website that makes your Screen Time limits unbypassable

https://waittounlock.com/
1•shorekey•10m ago•0 comments

Prompt: The Next AI Challenge Isn't the Model. It's the Organization

https://aibusiness.com/agentic-ai/next-challenge-scaling-ai
2•squirrel•11m ago•0 comments

Ask HN: Should I Combine Global Knowledge, Internet Search, and User RAG

1•abdrhxyiii•11m ago•1 comments

Lessons from Crawling the Web at Scale

https://leadprompt.sh/a/737-Lessons-from-crawling-the-web-at-scale-2026w17
1•saltysalt•11m ago•0 comments

Show HN: Worklog, structured memory for Agent in one SQLite table

https://github.com/xyb/worklog
1•xyb•12m ago•1 comments

Prototyping Can Help You to Get Buy-In

https://eugeneyan.com/writing/prototyping-to-get-buy-in/
2•squirrel•12m ago•0 comments

Ask HN: How to Start with LLMs/Vibecoding?

1•e-topy•13m ago•2 comments

Show HN: Thel, a terminal app for long running sessions

https://thel.dev/
1•kimr•16m ago•0 comments

Open Knowledge format v0.2 tackles agentic trust

https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/data-analytics/okf-v0-2-adds-trust-signals
1•alwillis•18m ago•0 comments

Making x.com links open xcancel automatically

https://armanckeser.com/writing/redirecting-x-com
2•armanckeser•18m ago•1 comments

Zero-defects code: the prescient Microsoft memo from 1989

https://digitalseams.com/blog/zero-defects-code-the-prescient-microsoft-memo-from-1989
3•bobbiechen•22m ago•1 comments

ECharts rendering engine with Evilcharts: No more ugly charts

https://evilcharts.com/docs/echarts/area-chart/blocks
1•gurbinder•26m ago•0 comments

Show HN: Scanner for cellular automata rule space

https://kypaku.github.io/pages/ca2026/
2•kypaku•27m ago•0 comments

Local-Thirst: But Linear

https://yagni.club/3mrg6mqkjrc23
1•g0xA52A2A•27m ago•0 comments

Setting up containerized dev environments you can spin up in seconds

https://ykdojo.github.io/antigravity-cloud-run/posts/ephemeral-dev-environments.html
1•ykev•30m ago•0 comments

Not sure about having kids? There's a coach for that

https://thehustle.co/news/not-sure-about-having-kids-theres-a-coach-for-that
1•paulpauper•34m ago•0 comments

Show HN: Democrasite – Propose and vote on changes to this website

https://democrasite.net
1•cwbuilds•36m ago•0 comments

Show HN: Digital Invitation

https://openletter.live/
1•techyKerala•39m ago•0 comments

AI use policy for my essay writing

https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/tgigHkZoYrJEGe4tP/ai-use-policy-for-my-essay-writing
1•paulpauper•39m ago•0 comments

Robot physics that only passes in the friendly world is a lie – Dual gate

https://github.com/StanByriukov02/ha-production-gate/blob/main/docs/DUAL_REFUSE.md
1•Stan3101•40m ago•0 comments

When Middle Age Starts

https://www.theatlantic.com/family/2026/07/middle-age-start-end/688021/
1•paulpauper•40m ago•0 comments

What if LLMs escape through inferences itself? This is fiction. For now

https://www.agrillo.it/EvasionEn.html
4•ConteMascetti71•42m ago•2 comments

The Problem with Capitalism

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vS6HEes8daw
1•ajcp•45m ago•1 comments

Gatwick Airport left without running water at both terminals

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cdew2dnxlzzo
1•bookofjoe•51m ago•0 comments

This July I Was Fired from Simple AI (A Deeply YC Company)

https://andys.blog/this-july-i-was-fired-from-simple-ai/
43•andytratt•51m ago•20 comments