Developer Builds Custom Virtual Machine and Assembly Language From Scratch in Rust

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A developer has created XVM, a custom virtual machine built entirely in Rust, featuring a self-designed CPU architecture with 8 registers and 33 instructions. Unlike emulators, XVM is not based on any real processor such as x86 or ARM, drawing inspiration instead from educational VMs like CHIP-8. The project includes a built-in step-by-step debugger with breakpoints, typed error handling, and video memory that allows pixel drawing directly from assembly code. The developer also built an IntelliJ and RustRover plugin to provide syntax highlighting for .xasm files, aiming to give the editing experience a professional feel. Both the XVM repository and the XASM plugin are publicly available on GitHub, and the developer is seeking community feedback on instruction set design and error handling.

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