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Michal Kovařík

Creator of Factorio (kovarex)

u/kovarex ↗Personal account
How we know it's theirs

Their 2017 r/factorio AMA, posted from this account

We retrieved 25 posts and 993 comments from u/kovarex, dated 2013 to 2026, most often in r/factorio, r/baduk and r/AskReddit.

Best moment

A redditor wrote in r/factorio

On “I'm the founder of factorio - kovarex. AMA”

What gave the idea of "two lanes" on conveyor belts?

u/kovarex replied

It was a coincidence. With the first version of belts that had no curves, things tended to stay on one part of the belt after corner. After some time, we started to use it, but to make it really useful…

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It was a coincidence. With the first version of belts that had no curves, things tended to stay on one part of the belt after corner. After some time, we started to use it, but to make it really useful, we had to make proper curved corners for that.

Behind the scenesr/factorio · 236 points as of Nov 2026Full thread ↗

More moments

A redditor wrote in r/factorio

On “I'm the founder of factorio - kovarex. AMA”

Can you explain the magic behind the transport belts? How are they able to function without electricity?

u/kovarex replied

Hamsters. In the next major update, you will have to feed them.