Factorio Interview: Michal Kovařík (Kovarex) - Czech with English Subtitles

[@ArcadeBulls]

Pamatuji den, kdy jsem rozjel demoverzi Factoria, trochu spontánně, před půlnocí... a končil jsem nad ránem. V ten moment jsem věděl, že bude problém... :D

[@ladislavvarga9317]

Tys nebyl pozvanej:-) Takova znama osobnost..

[@steffenriemenschneider6014]

Shoutout to the guy who did the subtitle translation, marvellous work! Edit: All fixed up!

[@fuxoft]

@@steffenriemenschneider6014 Thanks, I'll fix that. During the night I hurried to translate and publish it ASAP.

[@Trupen]

Now I know what happened to Kovarex

[@steffenriemenschneider6014]

Did he vanish during the event?

[@AragornCZ]

Did you wonder about learning Czech Trupi? The interview will get different dimension. 😂

[@fainyance11]

@@AragornCZ Trupen is Czech though

[@AragornCZ]

@@fainyance11 nope... Polish...but understand to each other.

[@jsimek]

Factorio otevře zdrojový kód!!! Pro nás kutily skvělá zpráva

[@antonvlaskin8496]

That is so cool to see Kovarex live, in my mind he was always some kind of badass superhero hackerman. Great to see him as just a nice, down to the Earth man who loves what he does likes things being done right and don't approve a lot of the bullshit that is proclaimed normal nowadays. All the best to you both and thanks for the great interview

[@mennovanlavieren3885]

Even if you would release it as open source tomorrow, I'd buy the DLC. Just because I've spend so much fun hours in Factorio 1 and because Wube is committed to win by actually making a great product and let their developers build the best they can instead of "investing" in marketing tricks and milking the accidental success until it's dead. Thank you for being you and success with all the plans you have!

[@darain6822]

Thank you for conducting the interview. And Kovarex is a real legend. Let's hope for a smooth launch on October 21!

[@mikewnuk9549]

What an absolute legend. Thank you for this interview.

[@MarkMichon7]

Kovarex if you're reading this- there are tons of people in love with Factorio, and would love to see it kept alive and growing in some capacity into the future. If you ever had some kind of $5/mo supporter plan to keep a few full-time developers working on it into the future and releasing updates 1-3 times annually, I think you'd have a ton of people interested in that. It would cater to a more advanced player group, which could open up the possibilities for new and more challenging mechanics, items, enemies, planets, etc. Please consider! I've been playing Factorio since 2016 and can say with a straight face its the most fun I've ever had playing video games.

[@YourMomGay258]

While I understand the sentiment, all good must come to an end. It is quite obvious from what Kovarex said that after the DLC, they are pretty much done with Factorio. There is only so much you can add into the game. Keeping a few developers without the rest of the team would just lead to a disaster anyway.

[@Tevesh42]

I think the answer would be "buy the game for your friends" or donate it to someone or somesuch. Factorio as planned seems to be the kind of game that will be "done", and only mods will expand on it. Maybe support your favorite modders?

[@8Paul7]

Super pokec, díky :) I jako člověk co Factorio nikdy nehrál a neplánuje to si Wube hrozně cením, ty lidi jsou super.

[@lukashajek3132]

Díky moc za super rozhovor. Kovarexovi strašně fandím, naprosto souzním s jeho myšlenkami. Je to pro mě podobná modla české scény jako třeba Průša. Hlavně to, že po prvním velkém úspěchu firmu neprodali, ale budují srdíčkem dál - více takových!

[@fogcat5]

great interview -- I love the game and have almost 2000 hours in the last 8 years :) it's amazing satisfying and excellent user interface design. The best parts are the hidden things that just work. (I have a steamdeck but use a portable 4k screen, mouse and kbd to play)

[@CzeJacob]

potřebuju víííc obsahu z factoria a jeho tvůrců :D .. je to můj život :D !!

[@pktzer0]

I found his comment on "buying the game now if you know it'll never go on sale" amusing. After the excellent demo, I had it wishlisted for a long while, because I can wait to pick it up slightly cheaper whenever it inevitably goes on sale. After several months of suspicious silence, I googled around, and found out that was never going to happen. Bought the game straight afterwards, and some ~100 hours of game-time later, launched my first rocket. No regrets whatsoever, it was thoroughly impressive in terms of design, technical implementation, commitment, audio-visuals, moddability... Easily up there with the all-time classics.

[@Kamarlex]

I love the shots fired at Bethesda, saying he could write a book on everything wrong with Fallout 4 and how they could easily be remedied.

[@Deniz_SVK]

Dík za rozhovor Factorio je zatial najlepsie hra co som hral :)

[@KalmaLang]

What a great interview :D well done and thank you

[@Jules_Diplopia]

I still respect Michal's view on pricing. Good man. Horizon Zero Dawn, hoorah. Yes it has a deep, and challenging story, if you pay attention to it and don't just fight your way through to the end scene. An RPG from Wube would be interesting. But I hope that the story would be a bit more than just background. More HZD or BG3 than Starcraft, please.

Díky hraní Factoria jsem poznal svojí druhou ženu.

[@vafant]

A o prvni jsi prisel?

[@djakrej]

To jak je možné?

[@ladislavvarga9317]

A rozesel se s prvni ne? :-)

[@lubomirkompis9441]

Myslíš Faktorio?

[@SweetAcidSweet]

12 let uteklo strasne rychle 😂 ted premyslim jaka byla moje 1. verze .. ale jeste se zpracovavalo drevo a drat tahal rucne. Super prace, super rozhovor :)

[@mahesCZ]

Ja koupi Factorio v roce 2014, hned jak jsem videl prvni rozhovor na Vortexu. Tenkrat to stalo 10 ecek, jestli si to dobre pamatuju :) Jeste nebylo ani na Steamu, takze dodnes mam na klicich flashdisk s hrou. Trosku doufam ze i Space Age budou prodavat primo pres svuj web, bez nutnosti mit Steam.

[@naheCZ]

​@@mahesCZBudou, bylo to potvrzeno na Redditu po nějakém FFF, že možnosti koupi DLC budou stejné.

[@mahesCZ]

@@naheCZ Parada, dik za info 👍

[@ycu4AB]

great interview!

[@riczrd6938]

Díky za rozhovor. Díky za Factorio. Jestli nevíte co s časem, kupte WRSR a „opravte“ ho.😆Úžasná hra, ale prasácky napsaná.

[@fuxoft]

@@riczrd6938 Já jsem jenom dělal ten rozhovor, tvůrci Factoria to tady pravděpodobně číst nebudou.

[@karelpetr]

@@fuxoft Na to bych nespoléhal :)

[@factorio3375]

@@karelpetr Ja taky ne, ale koupit hru abych mohl refaktorovat její kód mi nezní jako úplně lákává činnost :)

[@karelpetr]

@@factorio3375 Já reagoval pouze na to "tvůrci Factoria to tady pravděpodobně číst nebudou" :D

[@DocJade]

Open source would be so neat to poke around in!!!

[@TomasMark79]

Zajímavé informace!

[@ZdendaTike]

mr kovarex processing himself

[@pletiplot]

Kovarex v jednom rozhovoru zmínil, že se jednu dobu cítil provinile, kolik času inteligentních lidí, který by mohl posloužit k rozvoji lidstva, Factorio spolklo.

[@mezmerizze1]

😂

[@czbuchi86]

31:30: Nachystejte květináče, na vánoce jsem zpátky! :P

[@hagar6213]

To je obyčejný Rimmer jako nový Eso Rimmer.

[@peterschmidt1900]

Wow! Thank you!

[@peterschmidt1900]

And yes, they should definitely release an art book and the soundtrack to buy on steam, so people who want to can pay a price they consider fair for this amazing game!

Based!

[@TSP-Youtube]

I would have loved to hear some questions regarding the expansion. Questions like "What were some of the things you wanted to include in the expansion but couldn't, due to technical reasons or otherwise?" or "If there was one thing you could change (i.e. can't because of deadline reasons or too time consuming) in the expansion, what would that be?". I understand the latter question might be an NDA thing that he wouldn't be ready to reveal yet though, so there's that. Great interview otherwise!

[@virtualvoyage111]

that will probably happen after release

[@liborkozak8938]

Pamatuji jak jsem to kupoval ještě za 20€ před změnou výzkumného stromu, zlaté to časy.

[@petrtousek3265]

zavřete toho pána, prodává drogu a ukradl mi stovky hodin života

[@zxxvcc]

Now I want to know what kovarex thinks of cpp2/cppfront.

[@_CJ_]

Super rozhovor :) Bral bych ho delsi :D FFF je jedna z nejlepsich veci co mohlo factorio dat fanouskum... i kdyz proste hraju neco jinyho atd tak v patek se tesim, prectu si neco novyho a drzi me to v kontaktu... Jasne urcite to nenalaka davy novych lidi, ale ukazuje nejake mysleni a smerovani te hry. Vzdycky rikam, ze jesli nekdo chce priklad jak delat hru tak je to factorio - plno informaci ze zakulisi, novinky, upravy na zaklade toho, jak se ta hra realne hraje, nemit strach prekopat nejaky system, ktery dela hracum problemy a neni zabavny (rip stara ropa :D)... Jinak na steamu jde mit slevu na balicek tak, ze pokud cast uz vlasnim tak si koupim jen zbytek a slevu porad mam, ale ja teda slevu nehledam, neni duvod :) a asi to je jen steam vec. Ty arty by mohly byt jako DLC k soundtracku :) Gratuluju k stabilnim 1k denne... to je uzasny, jsem si rikal jesli si to kupuje jeste dost lidi Diky za rozhovor a Kovarexovi za super hru a mindset, ktery v hernim prumyslu dost chybi

[@brunop8223]

kovarex my big man

[@kaharincz]

Kde se dá prosím sehnat ta klíčenka na krk v dekoru pásu s kolečkama ?! 🙂

[@dalibornovotny8589]

Mňa napadlo to isté 😊 mohla by sa dávať ku zakupeniu dlc

[@k4mba]

super rozhovor 🙂 jen mám takovou drobnou poznámku, říct, že nebude sleva na bundle základ + DLC, protože hráč, co si to koupil před pěti lety by to měl dražší a je to nefér, je úplně scestná :-) ten člověk totiž těch 5 let tu hru už hrál a ten čas mu dal hodnotu, kterou mu nikdo už neveme :-)

[@karelpetr]

Ale hráč, co si hru koupil minulý týden, už by tak šťastný nebyl. :)

[@k4mba]

@@karelpetr to je už jeho rozhodnutí :-) to, že vyjde rozšíření, se ví rok. Takže pak je to jen jeho rozhodnutí, jestli mu to stojí za rok čekání, že by mohl dostat slevu, nebo to prostě koupí rovnou a bude si užívat týden hry. Co mají říkat chudáci hráči, kteří si koupí hru a týden na to začnou vánoční/letní/random slevové akce? taky je to nefér? 🙂

[@ladislavvarga9317]

@@k4mba ano je to nefer, ale bezna praktika a proto Factorio zustava bez slevy, Tim ze das slevu na zaklad pri DLC rikas ze ti tolik nezalezi na starych hracich.

[@lzap_CZ]

Slevy a dotace jsou mor 🙂 Nintendo to dělá dobře, nemusím přemýšlet o koupi hry day-one protože do deep slevy prostě nepůjde. Myslím tím first-party tituly, jejich eShop to je slevová katastrofa a záplava hovadin. HZD taky bylo první RPG které jsem chtěl dohrát, protože mě příběh prostě dostal. HFW jsem si užil taky, obojí datadisky a asi to dorazím do platiny po těch remasterech.

[@gkamil123456]

zdravim a diky že hra tak zkveta už se nemohu dočkat na dlc doufam že i modeři budou mit hodně prace bez nich byto možna nebyla tak užasna hra

[@Cyclonut96]

Most excellent game. It is time to declare how much plying time you have in this game... mine is 7,178.1 hours.

[@dr.angerous]

Wtf.

[@HoberMallow-tg3ph]

I hope they make a 3rd expansion for factorio in the future

[@ladislavvarga9317]

U DLC jsou taky vlny, myslim ze Cyberpunk byl v hlavnim listu her. Doufam ze alespon tretina lidi co ma puvodni hru si to koupi hned.

[@fuxoft]

No myslím, že přesně o tomhle tam mluví. Vyzývá lidi, ať si koupí DLC co nejdřív a tím pomůžou udělat tu vlnu.

[@ladislavvarga9317]

Takze Fuka byl na lance jo? Husty:-) Budou dalsi videa z lanky co byla o vikendu?

[@fuxoft]

@@ladislavvarga9317 Já jiné video nenatočil, ale jistě budou. BTW LAN party nebyla jen v neděli, ale celý týden.

[@cfffba]

Super rozhovor, diky. Jsou v planu dalsi rozhovory s hernimi vyvojari?

[@fuxoft]

Asi by to šlo, pár jich znám, ale žádnou jinou českou hru nehraju ani zdaleka tolik jako Factorio, takže bych nevěděl na co se ptát...

[@osmmanipadmehum]

Id really like for you to consider making an alternative factorio to allow for creation of entire cities with real mathematical accuracy so people can experiment and create simulations of city designs and have utilities being mathematically and data accurate, with this people could see which city designs and types of utilities are most efficient, like a sim city but every individual in the game being calculated mathematically!

[@fuxoft]

I am just the interviewer. Kovarex probably won't read the comments here.

[@steffenriemenschneider6014]

@@fuxoft Did you do the subtitles? If so, well done, it made me actually listen to a full interview in a language I do not understand.

[@fuxoft]

@@steffenriemenschneider6014 Yeah, apart from gaming I also translate films for living.

[@gpsoftsk1]

This sounds like a good game idea. Are you a developer? Would you like to tell more about this idea?

[@factorio3375]

@@fuxoft Maybe I will, but the main question about ideas like this is: Will it be fun? Hard to predict really. So what is required to minimise the risk is to make it fun even with some super small prototype, and I would be sceptical about this one, more specifically about the extra value of added precision of individual people compared to existing sim games.

[@lis6502]

oh, and a one more thing. having played for well over 1500h (yet i didn't counted) i feel like ripping off Wube. 31euro for THAT amount of fun? for playing with coutless mods and still discovering mechanics and tacticts? personally i am all against subscription model but this case is special. Please consider some shit like stars on forum or whatnot for 5 euro monthly, i am already paying my fav content creators (not you Trupen :P) for playing this game for me to watch, if i could anyhow directly motivate Wube's devs or simply compensate them i would be more than happy to do so!

[@factorio3375]

I personally hate subscribtion based services in cases where it is not really needed without an alternative. The fact that services like Netflix don't allow me to buy something, and the only way is to pay subscribtion and have access to it until I stop paying, or until it becomes unavailable makes me hate that service honestly.

[@palusus]

The stable continuous sales could be as many people pirate the game first as child/young adult and then actually buy it after years when having proper salary.

[@dalibornovotny8589]

Bude Factorio 2.0 pracovat na viacerych jadrach? tu som mal limit na starom pocitaci kde som v istom momente klesol na 4FPS a porovnanie tej istej situacie na novom na 34FPS (ryzen 7600X)

[@factorio3375]

Nejaky veci jsou multithreaded, ale vetsina logiky ne, jedna z veci co bycho mohli zkouset, uz jen kvuli technologicke vyzve, je zkusit vic multithreadovat hlavni casti tovarny, ale to bychom delali urcite pozdeji po 2.0

[@SUST-RWM]

Jestli RPG, tak musí být 2D!

[@ai-spacedestructor]

shame it wasnt asked but i hope open source will mean they also open the engine and not just the game it self. im very curious to see how it looks like in there.

[@Atarian6502]

Skoda jen, ze Factorio uz taky koupil Microsoft. Pokazdy, kdyz si ho jdu pustit, tak to zacne tahat X MB update a pak trnu, co zase bude fungovat jinak a o co ze sveho savegamu jsem zase prisel... Spadlo to na uroven WIN11 nebo treba Skypu...

[@dr.angerous]

Zajímavé poznatky, to je masakr.

[@pankaktus7772]

kocham czeski

[@fuxoft]

kucham češky

[@patrikweber5621]

Dohromady me to stalo asi 60 euro pokud se nepletu mam na tom 600h masterpiece a plně podporuju jeho slevovou logiku

[@frosty7269]

16:07 - original: "some of those are so f*cking cool" Subs: "some interesting ones" 😂

[@PepeekFX]

za ty prachy by to měla být nová hra, kdyby to bylo kolem 4 kil ok, ale takhle jsem si to stáhnul, že pokud bude bavit rád si ji koupím, ale ne, stále to stejné dokola ... cca 5 hodin a nebaví mě, fandím českým tvůrcům, ale tohle je málo .. zaberte

[@janvancura8412]

Super krásný, ale letos Maturuji takže nebudu kupovat

[@pavel1269]

Nez vytvaret vlastni programovaci jazyk, tak doporucuji zkusit Rust. Z toho jazyka cpi, ze to delal nekdo koho C++ nastval a hromada nedostatku je tam vyresena.

[@Gerlige]

Hehe. No ja myslim, ze v tomhle jsi dost neodhadl Kovarexe. Issues, ktery Rust resi, Kovarex dost mozna povazuje za features a compile time, ktery Kovarexe nejvic pali, je v Rustu jeste vetsi problem. :D

[@kalixthuska8846]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/eaWkfaR6pJ6ljposi=Heepy_U9heGcwM_p&t=375 Niektore odpovede nechapem... Ak naozaj bude open source tak zadarmo BUDE a nie, nie je potrebne to vediet kompilovat. To urobi X,Y,Z ludi a zavesia to skomplivane k stiahnutiu.

[@lis6502]

i really can't imagine what community could have added to Factorio once it'll be open source. also personally i suspect there's much MUCH of inline x86 assembly because there's no way that pure C would handle megabases with nuclear reactors, biters and science counted in tousands in pure C :D

[@factorio3375]

inline assambly doesn't help you much these days. The bottleneck is almost always memory latency, not cpu cycles, so altering data structures is almost always to key to optimisations.

[@Daniel-xv3nw]

to rpg co by rad udelal by bylo na styl diabla? to by byla bomba jestli ano

[@Cyclonut96]

Myslím že my všetci vidíme dosť veľa diabolskych polityk okolo seba, takze to mať ešte aj v hre by ich to viacej podporovalo aby nám robili ešte viacej hnusob v našich životov.

[@Daniel-xv3nw]

@@Cyclonut96 🤦pane ja tim myslel jestli ta hra bude hratelnosti podobna serii diablo od blizzardu

[@SubwayToSchiff]

Thanks for the great interview and translation! Unfortunately i can't really see Kovarex the same after the sexist slur double down a few years ago. None the less factorio continues to be my favorite game and I'm super looking forward to playing the expansion.

[@KalmaLang]

Source?

[@ktol8042]

Translation: Kovarex didn't bend the knee when the cancel mob who had demanded he put a kind of "trigger warning" an old FFF where he talked about the work of a popular software engineer ("Uncle Bob") who himself was canceled a few years prior. The direct quote from Koravex was something like ""Take the cancel culture mentaility and shove it up your ass.""

[@micca971]

what are you talking about?

[@8Paul7]

@@micca971 Kovarex wrote something on reddit years ago that western wokesters do not agree with so that makes him literally hitler of course

Nah, he's correct, wokeism is a disease of the population. He overreacted in his communication but still correct.