2 files changed, 11 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/src/Xanthous/Game/Draw.hs b/src/Xanthous/Game/Draw.hs
index 24c177513ed1..b7d7a76956ed 100644
--- a/src/Xanthous/Game/Draw.hs
+++ b/src/Xanthous/Game/Draw.hs
@@ -4,12 +4,12 @@ module Xanthous.Game.Draw
   ) where
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 import           Xanthous.Prelude
-import           Brick hiding (loc)
+import           Brick hiding (loc, on)
 import           Brick.Widgets.Border
 import           Brick.Widgets.Border.Style
 import           Brick.Widgets.Edit
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-import           Xanthous.Data (Position'(..), type Position, x, y, loc)
+import           Xanthous.Data
 import           Xanthous.Data.EntityMap (EntityMap, atPosition)
 import qualified Xanthous.Data.EntityMap as EntityMap
 import           Xanthous.Entities
@@ -68,7 +68,10 @@ drawEntities canRenderPos allEnts
       | canRenderPos pos
       = let neighbors = EntityMap.neighbors pos allEnts
         in maybe (str " ") (drawWithNeighbors neighbors)
-           $ allEnts ^? atPosition pos . folded
+           $ maximumByOf
+             (atPosition pos . folded)
+             (compare `on` drawPriority)
+             allEnts
       | otherwise = str " "
 
 drawMap :: GameState -> Widget Name
diff --git a/src/Xanthous/Game/State.hs b/src/Xanthous/Game/State.hs
index c437f640c091..e3df5c60def2 100644
--- a/src/Xanthous/Game/State.hs
+++ b/src/Xanthous/Game/State.hs
@@ -58,7 +58,6 @@ import           Brick (EventM, Widget)
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 import           Xanthous.Data.EntityMap (EntityMap, EntityID)
 import           Xanthous.Data
-                 (Positioned(..), type Position, Neighbors, Ticks(..))
 import           Xanthous.Orphans ()
 import           Xanthous.Game.Prompt
 import           Xanthous.Resource
@@ -143,6 +142,10 @@ class Draw a where
   draw :: a -> Widget n
   draw = drawWithNeighbors $ pure mempty
 
+  -- | higher priority gets drawn on top
+  drawPriority :: a -> Word
+  drawPriority = const minBound
+
 instance Draw a => Draw (Positioned a) where
   drawWithNeighbors ns (Positioned _ a) = drawWithNeighbors ns a
   draw (Positioned _ a) = draw a
@@ -185,6 +188,7 @@ instance Eq SomeEntity where
 
 instance Draw SomeEntity where
   drawWithNeighbors ns (SomeEntity ent) = drawWithNeighbors ns ent
+  drawPriority (SomeEntity ent) = drawPriority ent
 
 instance Brain SomeEntity where
   step ticks (Positioned pos (SomeEntity ent)) =