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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 :)

Streambed ships compaction using SQLite for CAS

http://streambed.dev/blog/introducing-compaction/
1•vira28•2m ago•0 comments

Show HN: Open-source local memory vault

https://github.com/Rafaelpta/litepipe
1•rafaepta•3m ago•0 comments

Life on the Uncanny Precipice

https://nsaphra.net/post/uncanny/
1•thoughtpeddler•4m ago•0 comments

The mathematical beauty of hyperbezier curves

https://linebender.org/blog/hyperbezier/
1•raphlinus•5m ago•0 comments

Nixpkgs-multiverse: every version that ever existed

https://fzakaria.com/2026/08/09/nixpkgs-multiverse-every-version-that-ever-existed
1•domenkozar•7m ago•0 comments

Show HN: Albedo – single-file listenable document database in Zig

https://github.com/klirix/albedo
2•askhatsaiapov•10m ago•0 comments

Popular WPForms Lite put a backdoor in their plugin

https://twitter.com/SybreWaaijer/status/2086528919394480389
2•hackerbeat•11m ago•0 comments

The Airtable acquisition and what hypergrowth teaches you

https://stories.thef1rstpancake.com/airtable-acquisition-and-what-hypergrowth-teaches-you/
1•rsanek•11m ago•1 comments

Cord – Interactive live sales quotations to replace static PDFs

https://cordhq.app/
1•andrevalleee•14m ago•0 comments

Mastgate – a Fediverse relay filter with neat dashboard

https://github.com/ahmed-debbech/mastgate
2•helloahmed1•19m ago•0 comments

Donald Trump is dismantling US guardrails

https://www.ft.com/content/4fc0fdda-0919-4584-9bdd-855e2aaa5c09
2•petethomas•19m ago•0 comments

Donald Trump's bullying of Canada is endless

https://www.economist.com/the-americas/2026/08/09/donald-trumps-bullying-of-canada-is-endless
4•petethomas•21m ago•0 comments

Out of Writing Ideas? Don't Ask ChatGPT, Ask Yourself

https://medium.com/@vincent.ferreira/out-of-writing-ideas-dont-ask-chatgpt-ask-yourself-a56c2f761a6f
3•vincenfer•29m ago•0 comments

A startup is able to detect fires within minutes using satellites and AI

https://netbajura.blogspot.com/2026/08/ororatech-startup-that-detects.html
2•AllForAll•38m ago•0 comments

The Present Must Prove the Past

https://lab.parano1d.org/research/the-present-must-prove-the-past/
4•ignotusnemo•40m ago•0 comments

If You Get in a Car Crash, the Risk Is Growing Your Insurance Won't Pay

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3•bookofjoe•41m ago•2 comments

Sorry if this is a dumb question, but

https://www.thetrueengineer.com/p/for-those-who-work-full-time-in-a
2•adletbalzhanov•45m ago•0 comments

Zuckerberg faces questions over why superyacht declined to help stranded boat

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10•higginsniggins•45m ago•0 comments

The Fermi Paradox Just Got Worse [video]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-MgHZ_oGl0
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John Crowley Has Died

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Crowley_(author)
3•atombender•47m ago•1 comments

Idol Mahjong Final Romance: A Slideshow Disguised as a Video Game

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2•nicole_express•47m ago•0 comments

Polyethylene may be causing liver damage

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3•Gaishan•49m ago•0 comments

Show HN: Lumabri – What if LLMs worked like Napster?

https://github.com/JustVugg/lumabri
7•vforno•49m ago•1 comments

3G at Last

https://nickvsnetworking.com/3g-at-last/
2•birdculture•56m ago•0 comments

The malignant rise of OnlyFans managers

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5•mukmuk•58m ago•1 comments

Show HN: An AI chief of staff for founders who can't afford one

https://useairo.co
1•vidit99•1h ago•0 comments

The rise of illegal tobacco in Australia tracked in wastewater

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-10/charting-the-rise-of-illegal-tobacco-in-australia/106941130
2•Gaishan•1h ago•0 comments

Neural Scaling Law

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neural_scaling_law
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Testing Anthropic's RSI Claims

https://ankitmaloo.com/rsi-claims/
1•ankit219•1h ago•0 comments

Quoted $1M for AI code review. Built it for free

https://sagivo.com/blog/i-was-quoted-1m-to-get-ai-diff-review-tool
3•shubidubi•1h ago•0 comments