Ken Kania

Tech lead/manager for Chrome's WebDriver automation initiative (aka ChromeDriver). Represented the Chrome team in several W3C standardization meetings. Designed and led the development of ChromeDriver for Windows, macOS, Linux, and Android (C++, JavaScript, Python). The team included three full-time engineers and a half dozen contributors from stakeholders across Chrome and Google. Established dev processes for building, testing, releasing, bug handling, and customer interaction. Worked on integrating ChromeDriver into the test cycle of popular Google products. I transitioned ownership of the project when I left the team in 2014.

This is a 3D PC/console game I started as a side project in 2020 (with one other creative designer). The game is a hybrid of 3D open-world adventure with 2D arcade-style gameplay. The player is given a traditional side-scrolling view of the 3D character and world, in which they can navigate by going forward and backward on a system of interconnected paths.

I first experimented with different 3D/2D hybrid approaches in Three.js/WebGL and Box2D (via WebAssembly) before moving to Unreal Engine 4 for prototyping/development.

Although the game is still in the early stages (we have a 5-year roadmap), we have rudimentary functionality for a player to navigate the world and combat enemies. The chief difficulty/customization involved so far has been supporting 2D-like paths in UE4's 3D/FPS-centric model. The UE4 editor has been extended to allow defining paths (using UE4 splines) on which object placement, navigation, physics (and eventually AI) are intelligently constrained. Level designers can layout platforms which automatically conform to the curvature of defined paths.

A 2D top-down multiplayer game for PC and web. I wrote this initially in high school as a PC game for my younger sister. When I was in quarantine after returning from the Netherlands in 2020 (due to the virus outbreak), I reimplemented a similar multiplayer version for the web.

Each player controls an animal attempting to escape from the zoo, which involves navigating through obstacles and avoiding zookeepers. Both versions of the game also included a level editor for custom level creation.

Initially implemented using OpenGL/GLUT, the web version used PeerJS (for peer-to-peer networked play), Matter.js (for physics simulation), and HTML5 Canvas.

A 3D aircraft racing game for the PC which my brother and I made in high school. I created a program for crafting terrains and static objects, as well as the ability to load and display these in-game. Written in C++ using OpenGL and SDL.