really cool game mechanic and the pixel art is fantastic! it's giving me castlevania meets celeste vibes! the dialogue boxes loaded out of field of view a few times. really enjoyed playing otherwise, great work!
You have a good eye, I actually took inspiration from those exact two games xD
Regarding the dialogue box, I think it has to do with viewport size and screens that don't have resolution 1920x1080? I will try to fix once the game jam is over, thanks for the comment!