The pronunciation of the title was deliberately left vague by its developers, though lead designer Markus Persson said on Twitter that he personally refers to the game as "To the C". One of the most distinctive features of the game was its shipboard computer system. Each ship in the universe featured a fully functional emulated CPU, which is based on the obsolete technology of the 1980s and was fully programmable with a real programming language. It can control the ship's systems as well as simply pass the time with games.
