Around the time will depue started working on their Figma computer, I also embarked on a journey to create mine... although now I can't claim to be the first. ~3kb program memory, ~1kb ram, 18 instructions, and a Figma plugin to help compile small C programs using ELVM.

Yes, you read that right; it runs C! That said, with compiled code it's slower than a snail - prohibitively so - that a simple "Hello World" takes about 30 minutes to run and fills up almost the entire program memory. It's also not optimized at all, but hey, proof of concept.

It also features a console for output with a 10 line history, as well as a keyboard input that feeds in one character at a time. Maybe I'll make some more examples to show these features, but written directly in machine code, which should be significantly faster.

OK! I hand-rolled some assembly to enter your name, store it as an array, and print it back out. It's real-time, but still slow... Here's a link to the file:

Also, for the more technically inclined, I'm also releasing the code behind the compiler plugin with extensive docs about the architecture and instruction set, if you're interested. Take a look!

@figma yoooooo this insane

@willdepue @figma Amazing!

@willdepue @figma Quality over speed

@willdepue @figma i'm feeling dumb; i take it as positively productive, reminder to learn more & more....

@willdepue @figma Its like redstone coding.

@willdepue @figma This is so silly and great at the same time.