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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 :)

UAE launches 'sovereign' open AI model to counter Chinese rivals

https://www.ft.com/content/465c717b-af26-48c1-a530-e9e6d313f96a
1•Anon84•17s ago•0 comments

Behind the Scenes of Metropolis (1927): Old Photos from a Cinematic Masterpiece

https://rarehistoricalphotos.com/metropolis-behind-the-scenes/
1•llm_nerd•1m ago•0 comments

New UK ruling makes stealing virtual currency an actual crime

https://metro.co.uk/2026/01/27/new-uk-ruling-makes-stealing-virtual-currency-actual-crime-26554985/
1•Vaslo•1m ago•0 comments

I used Claude to vibe-code my overcomplicated smart home

https://www.theverge.com/report/869318/claude-vibe-coding-home-assistant-smart-home
1•balloob•4m ago•0 comments

Attention Is Not What You Need

https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.19428
1•hnmouse•7m ago•0 comments

Kprotect: Kernel-Level Security Engine

https://github.com/khoinp1012/kprotect
2•sunshine-o•8m ago•0 comments

Show HN: Supercheck.io – Open-Source AI-Powered Test Automation and Monitoring

https://supercheck.io/
1•krish_kant•9m ago•0 comments

Show HN: Ziva – Cursor for Godot Game Engine

https://ziva.sh
1•OsrsNeedsf2P•11m ago•0 comments

Inverse Rendering for High-Genus 3D Surface Meshes from Multi-View Images

https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.12155
1•PaulHoule•12m ago•0 comments

Show HN: President or Asshole?

https://president.alephz.com/
2•ishener•12m ago•0 comments

Meta Reports Q4 and Full Year 2025 Results

https://investor.atmeta.com/investor-news/press-release-details/2026/Meta-Reports-Fourth-Quarter-...
2•mfiguiere•13m ago•0 comments

VP of Eng thinks Vibe Coding is "Cute" [video]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=puVtC9SNA2A
1•yummyelephant8•13m ago•1 comments

Alpine: The modern AI-native productivity suite

https://www.alpine.inc/
3•calebmer•14m ago•1 comments

State of Mozilla 2025

https://stateof.mozilla.org/
1•Levitz•15m ago•0 comments

EduFSDP: I wrote a minimal PyTorch FSDP to understand how it works (~240 LOC)

https://github.com/0xNaN/edufsdp
1•xnan•17m ago•0 comments

The privacy risks of Google's Personal Intelligence

https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2026/01/27/google-personal-intelligence-privacy/
1•bookofjoe•19m ago•1 comments

UPS to cut additional 30k jobs in Amazon unwind, turnaround plan

https://www.cnbc.com/2026/01/27/ups-job-cuts-amazon-unwind-turnaround-plan.html
3•Noaidi•20m ago•0 comments

Apple to Soon Take Up to 30% Cut from All Patreon Creators in iOS App

https://www.macrumors.com/2026/01/28/patreon-apple-tax/
14•pier25•21m ago•3 comments

Show HN: AI agent that builds web automations through conversation

https://github.com/VectorlyApp/bluebox-sdk
2•rayruizhiliao•22m ago•0 comments

The Rise and Recent Decline of Tesla's Share of the U.S. Electric Vehicle Market

https://www.mdpi.com/2032-6653/16/2/90
2•decryption•23m ago•0 comments

Troublemaker: The fierce, unruly life of Jessica Mitford

https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v48/n02/rosemary-hill/one-of-the-worst-things
2•against•23m ago•1 comments

Lad-A2A: How AI agents find each other on local networks

https://lad-a2a.org/
1•franzvill•23m ago•2 comments

Coleman Laws

https://www.kcoleman.me/coleman-laws/
2•speckx•24m ago•0 comments

H3 – A Drinking Club with a Running Problem

https://www.hhh.org.uk
1•6LLvveMx2koXfwn•25m ago•0 comments

Unionised French Ubisoft workers call for an international strike

https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/unionised-french-ubisoft-workers-put-out-call-for-an-internation...
1•pythonic_hell•27m ago•3 comments

Apple Accidentally Built the Most Practical AI Infrastructure on Earth

https://sylvainsaurel.substack.com/p/the-silent-architect-how-apple-accidentally
1•janandonly•27m ago•0 comments

Ask HN: Has Show HN become LLM-prompt-centric?

2•piratesAndSons•29m ago•1 comments

African nations now send more money to China than they receive in new loans

https://www.reuters.com/business/finance/african-nations-now-send-more-money-china-than-they-rece...
5•geox•29m ago•0 comments

Amiga Graphics Archive: New collection of nice images from CU Amiga magazine

https://amiga.lychesis.net/updates/2026-01-25.html
1•doener•29m ago•0 comments

Advancing regulatory variant effect prediction with AlphaGenome

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-10014-0?href=
1•jonbaer•31m ago•0 comments