diff --git a/platform/Sprite.roc b/platform/Sprite.roc
index e7dd837..7e873b4 100644
--- a/platform/Sprite.roc
+++ b/platform/Sprite.roc
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 interface Sprite
-    exposes [Sprite, new, blit, blitSub]
+    exposes [Sprite, SubRegion, new, blit, sub, subOrCrash]
     imports [InternalTask, Task.{ Task }, Effect.{ Effect }]
 
 ## Represents a [sprite](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sprite_(computer_graphics)) for drawing to the screen.
@@ -10,10 +10,13 @@ interface Sprite
 Sprite := {
     data : List U8,
     bpp : [BPP1, BPP2],
-    width : U32,
-    height : U32,
+    stride : U32,
+    region : SubRegion,
 }
 
+## A subregion of a [Sprite]
+SubRegion : { srcX : U32, srcY : U32, width : U32, height : U32 }
+
 ## Create a [Sprite] to be drawn or [blit](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bit_blit) to the screen.
 ##
 ## ```
@@ -32,7 +35,18 @@ new :
         height : U32,
     }
     -> Sprite
-new = @Sprite
+new = \{ data, bpp, width, height } ->
+    @Sprite {
+        data,
+        bpp,
+        stride: width,
+        region: {
+            srcX: 0,
+            srcY: 0,
+            width,
+            height,
+        },
+    }
 
 ## Draw a [Sprite] to the framebuffer.
 ##
@@ -42,7 +56,8 @@ new = @Sprite
 ##
 ## [Refer w4 docs for more information](https://wasm4.org/docs/reference/functions#blit-spriteptr-x-y-width-height-flags)
 blit : Sprite, { x : I32, y : I32, flags ? List [FlipX, FlipY, Rotate] } -> Task {} []
-blit = \@Sprite { data, bpp, width, height }, { x, y, flags ? [] } ->
+blit = \@Sprite { data, bpp, stride, region }, { x, y, flags ? [] } ->
+    { srcX, srcY, width, height } = region
 
     format =
         when bpp is
@@ -56,40 +71,52 @@ blit = \@Sprite { data, bpp, width, height }, { x, y, flags ? [] } ->
                 FlipY -> Num.bitwiseOr state 4
                 Rotate -> Num.bitwiseOr state 8
 
-    Effect.blit data x y width height combined
+    Effect.blitSub data x y width height srcX srcY stride combined
     |> Effect.map Ok
     |> InternalTask.fromEffect
 
-## Draw a sub-region of a larger [Sprite] to the framebuffer. Similar to [blit] but with additional parameters.
+## Creates a [Sprite] referencing a subregion of the current [Sprite].
+## This will return an error if the subregion does not fit in the current [Sprite].
 ##
 ## ```
-## {} <- Sprite.blitSub {
-##        x: 0,
-##        y: 0,
-##        srcX: 0,
-##        srcY: 0,
-##        width: 8,
-##        height: 8,
-##        flags: [FlipX, Rotate],
-##    } |> Task.await
+## subSpriteResult = Sprite.sub sprite { srcX: 20, srcY: 0, width: 20, height: 20 }
 ## ```
 ##
-## [Refer w4 docs for more information](https://wasm4.org/docs/reference/functions#blitsub-spriteptr-x-y-width-height-srcx-srcy-stride-flags)
-blitSub : Sprite, { x : I32, y : I32, srcX : U32, srcY : U32, width : U32, height : U32, flags ? List [FlipX, FlipY, Rotate] } -> Task {} []
-blitSub = \@Sprite { data, bpp, width: stride }, { x, y, srcX, srcY, width, height, flags ? [] } ->
+## Note: If your program should never generate an invalid subregion,
+## [subOrCrash] enables avoiding the result and simpler code.
+##
+sub : Sprite, SubRegion -> Result Sprite [OutOfBounds]
+sub = \@Sprite sprite, subRegion ->
+    currentRegion = sprite.region
 
-    format =
-        when bpp is
-            BPP1 -> 0
-            BPP2 -> 1
+    outOfBoundX = subRegion.srcX + subRegion.width > currentRegion.width
+    outOfBoundY = subRegion.srcY + subRegion.height > currentRegion.height
 
-    combined =
-        List.walk flags format \state, flag ->
-            when flag is
-                FlipX -> Num.bitwiseOr state 2
-                FlipY -> Num.bitwiseOr state 4
-                Rotate -> Num.bitwiseOr state 8
+    if outOfBoundX || outOfBoundY then
+        Err OutOfBounds
+    else
+        newRegion = {
+            srcX: currentRegion.srcX + subRegion.srcX,
+            srcY: currentRegion.srcY + subRegion.srcY,
+            width: subRegion.width,
+            height: subRegion.height,
+        }
+        Ok (@Sprite { sprite & region: newRegion })
 
-    Effect.blitSub data x y width height srcX srcY stride combined
-    |> Effect.map Ok
-    |> InternalTask.fromEffect
+## Equivalent to the [sub] function, but will crash on error.
+## This is really useful for static sprite sheet data that needs subSprites extracted.
+##
+## ```
+## subSprite = Sprite.subOrCrash sprite { srcX: 20, srcY: 0, width: 20, height: 20 }
+## ```
+##
+## Warning: Will crash if the subregion is not contained within the sprite.
+##
+subOrCrash : Sprite, SubRegion -> Sprite
+subOrCrash = \sprite, subRegion ->
+    when sub sprite subRegion is
+        Ok x ->
+            x
+
+        Err OutOfBounds ->
+            crash "Out of bounds subregion when generating subsprite"