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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•8mo ago

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kuberwastaken•8mo 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 :)

Apple acquires Israeli audio AI startup Q.ai

https://www.reuters.com/business/apple-acquires-audio-ai-startup-qai-2026-01-29/
1•porridgeraisin•3m ago•0 comments

Trump sues IRS and US treasury for $10B over leak of tax returns

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/29/trump-sues-tax-return-leak
1•mellisacodes•3m ago•0 comments

Show HN: We analyzed AI tool launches – here's why GTM breaks

1•yasu_c•4m ago•0 comments

Taiwan's GDP in 2025 Grew at Fastest Pace Since 2010 (+8.63%)

https://www.wsj.com/economy/taiwans-economy-grew-at-fastest-pace-in-15-years-fcf4f0d2
1•giuliomagnifico•4m ago•0 comments

Show HN: TagCompanion – Point-and-Click Google Tag Manager Implementation

https://www.tagcompanion.com/
1•ybor•7m ago•1 comments

Beyond the click: How brands can influence visibility in AI-generated answers

https://thenextweb.com/news/beyond-the-click-influence-visibility
2•voiquh•7m ago•0 comments

Show HN: Clear to Spend – a simple YES/NO helper for spending decisions

https://clear-to-spend.vercel.app/
1•Nanoto•9m ago•1 comments

Show HN: A Protocol for Inducing Metacognition in LLMs and Falsifiable Model

https://zenodo.org/records/18346699
1•Keeper123•9m ago•0 comments

HN Highlights

https://news.ycombinator.com/highlights
1•sgt•13m ago•0 comments

Show HN: Our GitHub org profile in ASCII art

https://github.com/taskade
1•johnxie•13m ago•1 comments

A Market Saturated with Binance Scams: How Its Shaping Current Crypto Landscape

https://twitter.com/i/status/2017142739767263252
11•salkahfi•18m ago•0 comments

Grok Imagine API

https://x.ai/news/grok-imagine-api
2•vincent_s•19m ago•0 comments

devenv: Fast, Declarative, Reproducible, and Composable Developer Environments

https://devenv.sh/
6•tosh•20m ago•0 comments

Another user's pCloud setup is visible in my pcloud drive

https://old.reddit.com/r/pcloud/comments/1qqrcza/another_users_pcloud_setup_is_visible_in_my/
9•lukax•21m ago•1 comments

Show HN: Flywheel – The Zero-Flicker Terminal Compositor for Agentic CLIs

https://github.com/ccheshirecat/flywheel
1•ccheshirecat•23m ago•1 comments

Hours without lungs: artificial organ kept man alive until transplant

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-00239-y
6•qnleigh•23m ago•0 comments

Show HN: SoVideo – Free AI video generator using Sora 2

https://sovideo.ai
1•leegrayson•24m ago•0 comments

Show HN: Two AIs compete to build the best browser game from scratch

https://self-evolving.dev/
1•yugahashi•24m ago•0 comments

GOG: Linux "the next major frontier" for gaming as it works on a native client

https://www.xda-developers.com/gog-calls-linux-the-next-major-frontier-for-gaming-as-it-works-on-...
9•franczesko•27m ago•0 comments

The Rotten Science Behind the MSG Scare

https://www.sciencehistory.org/stories/magazine/the-rotten-science-behind-the-msg-scare/
2•thunderbong•31m ago•0 comments

Show HN: An AI tutor focused on reasoning, not just answer

https://dechecker.ai/ai-homework-helper
2•passioner•32m ago•0 comments

Show HN: Velovol – Self-hosted development environment distribution

https://www.velovol.com
3•tlyplane•36m ago•0 comments

Why I'm ignoring pretty much all new Python packaging tools

https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/python/PythonPackageToolsMyIgnoring
8•ingve•40m ago•0 comments

OpenPuya

https://py32.org/en/
2•tosh•41m ago•0 comments

Apple can't secure enough chips as iPhone demand surges, memory prices rise

https://www.cnbc.com/2026/01/29/apple-iphone-soc-memory-tsmc.html
3•1659447091•47m ago•0 comments

Apple Reports Record-Setting 1Q 2026 Results: $42.1B Profit on $143.8B Revenue

https://www.macrumors.com/2026/01/29/apple-1q-2026-earnings/
3•tosh•47m ago•0 comments

How linguistic framing in pitch decks influence investors' judgment – St. Gallen

https://www.pitchwise.se/blog/the-science-of-cold-outreach-a-research-on-why-your-pitch-deck-slid...
3•dabojula•52m ago•0 comments

AI creates asymmetric pressure on Open Source

https://dri.es/ai-creates-asymmetric-pressure-on-open-source
3•7777777phil•52m ago•0 comments

Show HN: Configlock, App Lock for Dotfiles

https://github.com/baggiiiie/configlock
1•baggiiiie•54m ago•0 comments

Cutting down 90% of database spending at Capacities by migrating to Postgres

https://capacities.io/blog/migration-to-postgres
3•steffenbleher•56m ago•1 comments