ALLY HENNESSY

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I make videogames, draw and write.

I like to work on lots of different things, feel free to reach out.

See some of my portfolio below. x
YAPPING From time to time I enjoy public speaking. If you’d like me to come and have a yap with you please don’t hesitate!

Some highlights:
Devcom, Cologne where I spoke about the films of William Freidkin, and how his perspective on filmmaking has informed my game making practice. 
Serenade Games where I spoke about  the Dream Ballet and how  it can be utilised to expand storytelling in games.
TEDx Sydney where I spoke about millennial burnout, and the pressure to self-optimise.
SXSW Sydney where I spoke about fostering your inner artist in a commercial space.
Creative Mornings where I spoke about the way independent game makers are broadening the definitions of what games can be.
Vivid Sydney where I spoke about the ways women are placed into competition over collaboration.


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Public Speaking, Keynote Speaker, saying things I lay in bed at night ten years later and wonder why I said them
FREELANCE ART - Taking on new collaborations in 2025I started my professional life making costumes and props, and I’ve been lucky to have the opportunity to build a range of 2D, 3D and technical art skills and experience throughout my career in games.

I’m particularly interested in taking on more illustration work in 2025, please do reach out if you have something you’d like to collaborate on.

Here’s my art-only instagram: void club (@voidpicss) • Instagram photos and videos

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 Art
MYSTIQUES HAUNTED ANTIQUES
 IN DEVELOPMENT - (Publishers say hi please) I’m the Game Director and Writer of MYSTIQUES HAUNTED ANTIQUES. It’s a haunted antiquing game about the four worst women you’ve ever met.

MYSTIQUES won the SXSW Sydney People’s Choice Award.

I’m working on this project at Lemonade Games, a studio I co-founded with Inge Berman and Adam Matthews.

‘The worst women you’ve ever met running a failing antique store’: uncanny adventure Mystiques: Haunted Antiques | Games | The Guardian

Local Spotlight: Become An Insufferable Woman And Make Bank Off The Dead In Mystiques (kotaku.com.au)

SXSW Sydney 2024 Highlight - Mystiques: Haunted Antiques - Checkpoint

Sydney game developers are getting weird, despite the risks (gameshub.com) Category
Game Development FREAKON FILM FESTIVAL
2024
I curated and hosted FREAKON FILM FESTIVAL in 2024. Game developers and artists produced original short films using video game footage, and the films were screened as the closing event of FREAKON 2024.

You can find the selected shorts that won the Golden Freak here:
A City I Once Knew - YouTube
Big fcking truck go down hill

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I Love Movies So Much Man
FREAKON MERCH
 I designed some of the merch for FREAKON, a community games conference.

The FREAKON merch store sales far exceeded expectations and we were able to fund the entire conference, as well as future efforts, with the proceeds. 

It is beautiful to see game developers in the wild wearing their FREAKON merch. Our creative community is so resilient.  Category
Merch Design