Dialogue: Selene, Moon Incarnate

Hades II · Dialogue / Conversation

Art style Painterly illustration

Hades II - Dialogue: Selene, Moon Incarnate

About this game

Developer: Supergiant Games · Publisher: Supergiant Games · Platform: PC (Steam) · Art style: Painterly illustration · Screen type: Dialogue / Conversation

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What to study

The boss/god encounter grammar is the same as Hades I's (hades-2: oversized portrait at many times in-world scale, nameplate tab, live scene behind) but the visual language is inverted: Selene's dialogue box is dark and moon-lit where Hades I's was plain parchment, and her crescent-crown nameplate reads SELENE / MOON INCARNATE in cyan rather than Megaera's orange. Selene is a new, Hades II-specific figure (the source of the moon-blessed Hexes), so this documents new-game dialogue design rather than repeating the original's cast. Frame at about 1:33 in the v1.0 Showcase (Steam).

Patterns

How the screen is arranged.

portrait-panel story-panel

Components

Parts on screen.

Portrait Nameplate Dialogue box

Screen inventory

  • SELENE nameplate with 'MOON INCARNATE' epithet
  • dialogue line 'I vow to shine for you.'
  • Selene portrait on horseback with moon iconography
  • dark framed dialogue box instead of Hades I's parchment
  • starfield backdrop

Top 3 colors

#0a0a11 27%#171922 21%#292e38 14%

Top three palette colors by share. The remaining colors make up the rest.

Source and credit

© Supergiant Games, Hades II screenshot: v1.0 Launch Trailer and v1.0 Showcase (Steam), shown for design study and commentary. PlayCraft is an unofficial fan project, not affiliated with or endorsed by Supergiant Games.

Source tier 2 (publisher-released) · screenshot: Steam store page · Steam page

Source details

Fetched 2026-10-22. verified 2026-10-22: frame extracted from the official v1.0 Showcase (Steam) and inspected visually at full resolution; real game UI (Selene nameplate, epithet, dialogue line and box) confirmed visible and legible; the Showcase's burned-in segment headline ('DRAW DOWN THE MOON') crosses the sky at the top of the frame and covers no dialogue element

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