Bits and pieces I've been working on

 A capture of me having difficulty rendering out the frames. i figured it out in the end.

 My attempt at making the dialogue box. The first one was too "steampunk". Unintentional but typical of my style so I had to make it more minimalist.  

Trying to make a drop shadow for the character currently but it's just not looking right. It needs to be detached from the player so it doesn't look strange when he jumps.

And the animated dialogue box. I'm proud of how smooththe animation came out even though it's simple.