How do I postion sprites without overlapping

Hi,

I have made a game whereby every time I click on a sprite the animation frame is randomly changed and so is the position.

My issue is that when the re-position occurs, the sprites sometimes overlap - I have tried to add in a check overlap function - but it tends to either have no effect or turn my screen black.

Any help would be appreciated

Regards

Hassan

Put the sprite in a family on its own, then reposition it on the new sprite overlapping a member of that family.