How do i draw a nineSlice behind a sprite?

[matt (gingerbeardman)]

There are a couple of other threads about this gotcha.

Can't show lines and sprite together?

This also got me when I was starting out. What you have to do is draw to the sprite background, which is taken into consideration during sprite updates. playdate.graphics.sprite.setBackgroundDrawingCallback(drawCallback) https://sdk.play.date/1.9.0/Inside%20Playdate.html#f-graphics.sprite.setBackgroundDrawingCallback Also see the example game at: https://sdk.play.date/1.9.0/Inside%20Playdate.html#_a_basic_playdate_game_in_lua ps: I do exactly this with the tyre skid marks in my game Daily D…

Docs: Drawing images alongside sprites