diff --git a/doc/examples/debug/lib/main.dart b/doc/examples/debug/lib/main.dart
index 5fb0639d5..80f12ddf5 100644
--- a/doc/examples/debug/lib/main.dart
+++ b/doc/examples/debug/lib/main.dart
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import 'package:flame/game.dart';
 import 'package:flame/flame.dart';
 import 'package:flame/position.dart';
-import 'package:flame/components/component.dart';
+import 'package:flame/components/sprite_component.dart';
 import 'package:flame/components/mixins/resizable.dart';
 import 'package:flame/text_config.dart';
 
diff --git a/doc/examples/effects/combined_effects/lib/square.dart b/doc/examples/effects/combined_effects/lib/square.dart
index a74ef7c8d..320517fb3 100644
--- a/doc/examples/effects/combined_effects/lib/square.dart
+++ b/doc/examples/effects/combined_effects/lib/square.dart
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import 'package:flame/anchor.dart';
-import 'package:flame/components/component.dart';
+import 'package:flame/components/position_component.dart';
 
 import 'dart:ui';
 
diff --git a/doc/examples/effects/infinite_effects/lib/square.dart b/doc/examples/effects/infinite_effects/lib/square.dart
index a74ef7c8d..320517fb3 100644
--- a/doc/examples/effects/infinite_effects/lib/square.dart
+++ b/doc/examples/effects/infinite_effects/lib/square.dart
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import 'package:flame/anchor.dart';
-import 'package:flame/components/component.dart';
+import 'package:flame/components/position_component.dart';
 
 import 'dart:ui';
 
diff --git a/doc/examples/effects/sequence_effect/lib/square.dart b/doc/examples/effects/sequence_effect/lib/square.dart
index a74ef7c8d..320517fb3 100644
--- a/doc/examples/effects/sequence_effect/lib/square.dart
+++ b/doc/examples/effects/sequence_effect/lib/square.dart
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import 'package:flame/anchor.dart';
-import 'package:flame/components/component.dart';
+import 'package:flame/components/position_component.dart';
 
 import 'dart:ui';
 
diff --git a/doc/examples/effects/simple/lib/square.dart b/doc/examples/effects/simple/lib/square.dart
index e02a1ae76..77d09acc8 100644
--- a/doc/examples/effects/simple/lib/square.dart
+++ b/doc/examples/effects/simple/lib/square.dart
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import 'package:flame/components/component.dart';
+import 'package:flame/components/position_component.dart';
 
 import 'dart:ui';
 
diff --git a/doc/examples/gestures/lib/main_tapables.dart b/doc/examples/gestures/lib/main_tapables.dart
index d229ee665..b810598c6 100644
--- a/doc/examples/gestures/lib/main_tapables.dart
+++ b/doc/examples/gestures/lib/main_tapables.dart
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import 'package:flutter/material.dart';
 import 'package:flame/game.dart';
-import 'package:flame/components/component.dart';
+import 'package:flame/components/position_component.dart';
 import 'package:flame/components/mixins/tapable.dart';
 
 void main() {
diff --git a/doc/examples/sound/lib/main.dart b/doc/examples/sound/lib/main.dart
index 5cd05d64c..14421a1d4 100644
--- a/doc/examples/sound/lib/main.dart
+++ b/doc/examples/sound/lib/main.dart
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import 'package:flame/flame.dart';
 import 'package:flame/game.dart';
-import 'package:flame/components/component.dart';
+import 'package:flame/components/position_component.dart';
 import 'package:flutter/material.dart';
 
 void main() async {
diff --git a/doc/examples/sprites/lib/main.dart b/doc/examples/sprites/lib/main.dart
index accd74fe9..aa6ced156 100644
--- a/doc/examples/sprites/lib/main.dart
+++ b/doc/examples/sprites/lib/main.dart
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import 'dart:math';
 
-import 'package:flame/components/component.dart';
+import 'package:flame/components/sprite_component.dart';
 import 'package:flame/flame.dart';
 import 'package:flame/game.dart';
 import 'package:flutter/material.dart';
diff --git a/doc/examples/spritesheet/lib/main.dart b/doc/examples/spritesheet/lib/main.dart
index 1dcf40f8d..5845239d2 100644
--- a/doc/examples/spritesheet/lib/main.dart
+++ b/doc/examples/spritesheet/lib/main.dart
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import 'package:flutter/material.dart';
 import 'package:flame/components/animation_component.dart';
-import 'package:flame/components/component.dart';
+import 'package:flame/components/sprite_component.dart';
 import 'package:flame/flame.dart';
 import 'package:flame/game.dart';
 import 'package:flame/spritesheet.dart';
diff --git a/example/lib/main.dart b/example/lib/main.dart
index fa70e444b..9004d1fcc 100644
--- a/example/lib/main.dart
+++ b/example/lib/main.dart
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import 'dart:ui';
 
 import 'package:flame/anchor.dart';
 import 'package:flame/gestures.dart';
-import 'package:flame/components/component.dart';
+import 'package:flame/components/position_component.dart';
 import 'package:flame/components/mixins/has_game_ref.dart';
 import 'package:flame/game.dart';
 import 'package:flame/palette.dart';
diff --git a/lib/components/animation_component.dart b/lib/components/animation_component.dart
index c33662dbf..8366cfd49 100644
--- a/lib/components/animation_component.dart
+++ b/lib/components/animation_component.dart
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import 'dart:ui';
 
-import 'component.dart';
 import '../animation.dart';
+import 'position_component.dart';
 
 class AnimationComponent extends PositionComponent {
   Animation animation;
diff --git a/lib/components/flare_component.dart b/lib/components/flare_component.dart
index f61b6dc5b..bf265290d 100644
--- a/lib/components/flare_component.dart
+++ b/lib/components/flare_component.dart
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import 'dart:ui';
 
-import 'component.dart';
-import 'package:flame/flare_animation.dart';
+import '../flare_animation.dart';
+import 'position_component.dart';
 
 class FlareComponent extends PositionComponent {
   FlareAnimation _flareAnimation;
diff --git a/lib/components/nine_tile_box_component.dart b/lib/components/nine_tile_box_component.dart
index d583ca1cc..5a90377bf 100644
--- a/lib/components/nine_tile_box_component.dart
+++ b/lib/components/nine_tile_box_component.dart
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 import 'dart:ui';
 
-import 'package:flame/components/component.dart';
-import 'package:flame/nine_tile_box.dart';
+import 'component.dart';
+import 'position_component.dart';
+import '../nine_tile_box.dart';
 
 /// This class is a thin wrapper on top of [NineTileBox] as a component.
 class NineTileBoxComponent extends PositionComponent {
diff --git a/lib/components/parallax_component.dart b/lib/components/parallax_component.dart
index 1c550e754..e73007139 100644
--- a/lib/components/parallax_component.dart
+++ b/lib/components/parallax_component.dart
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
 import 'dart:async';
 import 'dart:ui';
 
-import 'package:flame/components/component.dart';
-import 'package:flame/flame.dart';
 import 'package:flutter/painting.dart';
 
+import '../flame.dart';
+import 'position_component.dart';
+
 /// Specifications with a path to an image and how it should be drawn in
 /// relation to the device screen
 class ParallaxImage {
diff --git a/lib/components/position_component.dart b/lib/components/position_component.dart
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..481f65fd3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/components/position_component.dart
@@ -0,0 +1,119 @@
+import 'dart:ui';
+import 'dart:math';
+
+import 'package:meta/meta.dart';
+
+import '../anchor.dart';
+import '../effects/effects.dart';
+import '../position.dart';
+import '../text_config.dart';
+import 'component.dart';
+
+/// A [Component] implementation that represents a component that has a
+/// specific, possibly dynamic position on the screen.
+///
+/// It represents a rectangle of dimension ([width], [height]), on the position
+/// ([x], [y]), rotate around its center with angle [angle].
+///
+/// It also uses the [anchor] property to properly position itself.
+abstract class PositionComponent extends Component {
+  double x = 0.0, y = 0.0, angle = 0.0;
+  double width = 0.0, height = 0.0;
+  Anchor anchor = Anchor.topLeft;
+  bool renderFlipX = false;
+  bool renderFlipY = false;
+  bool debugMode = false;
+  final List<PositionComponentEffect> _effects = [];
+
+  Color get debugColor => const Color(0xFFFF00FF);
+
+  Paint get _debugPaint => Paint()
+    ..color = debugColor
+    ..style = PaintingStyle.stroke;
+
+  TextConfig get debugTextConfig => TextConfig(color: debugColor, fontSize: 12);
+
+  Position toPosition() => Position(x, y);
+  void setByPosition(Position position) {
+    x = position.x;
+    y = position.y;
+  }
+
+  Position toSize() => Position(width, height);
+  void setBySize(Position size) {
+    width = size.x;
+    height = size.y;
+  }
+
+  Rect toRect() => Rect.fromLTWH(x - anchor.relativePosition.dx * width,
+      y - anchor.relativePosition.dy * height, width, height);
+  void setByRect(Rect rect) {
+    x = rect.left + anchor.relativePosition.dx * rect.width;
+    y = rect.top + anchor.relativePosition.dy * rect.height;
+    width = rect.width;
+    height = rect.height;
+  }
+
+  double angleBetween(PositionComponent c) {
+    return (atan2(c.x - x, y - c.y) - pi / 2) % (2 * pi);
+  }
+
+  double distance(PositionComponent c) {
+    return sqrt(pow(y - c.y, 2) + pow(x - c.x, 2));
+  }
+
+  void renderDebugMode(Canvas canvas) {
+    canvas.drawRect(Rect.fromLTWH(0.0, 0.0, width, height), _debugPaint);
+    debugTextConfig.render(
+        canvas,
+        "x: ${x.toStringAsFixed(2)} y:${y.toStringAsFixed(2)}",
+        Position(-50, -15));
+
+    final Rect rect = toRect();
+    final dx = rect.right;
+    final dy = rect.bottom;
+    debugTextConfig.render(
+        canvas,
+        "x:${dx.toStringAsFixed(2)} y:${dy.toStringAsFixed(2)}",
+        Position(width - 50, height));
+  }
+
+  void prepareCanvas(Canvas canvas) {
+    canvas.translate(x, y);
+
+    canvas.rotate(angle);
+    final double dx = -anchor.relativePosition.dx * width;
+    final double dy = -anchor.relativePosition.dy * height;
+    canvas.translate(dx, dy);
+
+    // Handle inverted rendering by moving center and flipping.
+    if (renderFlipX || renderFlipY) {
+      canvas.translate(width / 2, height / 2);
+      canvas.scale(renderFlipX ? -1.0 : 1.0, renderFlipY ? -1.0 : 1.0);
+      canvas.translate(-width / 2, -height / 2);
+    }
+
+    if (debugMode) {
+      renderDebugMode(canvas);
+    }
+  }
+
+  void addEffect(PositionComponentEffect effect) {
+    _effects.add(effect..initialize(this));
+  }
+
+  void removeEffect(PositionComponentEffect effect) {
+    effect.dispose();
+  }
+
+  void clearEffects() {
+    _effects.forEach(removeEffect);
+  }
+
+  @mustCallSuper
+  @override
+  void update(double dt) {
+    _effects.forEach((e) => e.update(dt));
+    _effects.removeWhere((e) => e.hasFinished());
+  }
+}
diff --git a/lib/components/sprite_component.dart b/lib/components/sprite_component.dart
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..75181621e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/components/sprite_component.dart
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+import 'dart:ui';
+
+import '../sprite.dart';
+import 'component.dart';
+import 'position_component.dart';
+
+/// A [PositionComponent] that renders a single [Sprite] at the designated
+/// position, scaled to have the designated size and rotated to the specified
+/// angle.
+///
+/// This a commonly used child of [Component].
+class SpriteComponent extends PositionComponent {
+  Sprite sprite;
+  Paint overridePaint;
+
+  SpriteComponent();
+
+  SpriteComponent.square(double size, String imagePath)
+      : this.rectangle(size, size, imagePath);
+
+  SpriteComponent.rectangle(double width, double height, String imagePath)
+      : this.fromSprite(width, height, Sprite(imagePath));
+
+  SpriteComponent.fromSprite(double width, double height, this.sprite) {
+    this.width = width;
+    this.height = height;
+  }
+
+  @override
+  void render(Canvas canvas) {
+    prepareCanvas(canvas);
+    sprite.render(canvas,
+        width: width, height: height, overridePaint: overridePaint);
+  }
+
+  @override
+  bool loaded() {
+    return sprite != null && sprite.loaded() && x != null && y != null;
+  }
+}
diff --git a/lib/components/text_box_component.dart b/lib/components/text_box_component.dart
index 02e9be5e8..49c9e176a 100644
--- a/lib/components/text_box_component.dart
+++ b/lib/components/text_box_component.dart
@@ -1,13 +1,14 @@
 import 'dart:async';
-import 'dart:ui';
 import 'dart:math' as math;
+import 'dart:ui';
+
 import 'package:flutter/widgets.dart' as widgets;
 
-import 'component.dart';
-import 'mixins/resizable.dart';
-import '../text_config.dart';
 import '../palette.dart';
 import '../position.dart';
+import '../text_config.dart';
+import 'mixins/resizable.dart';
+import 'position_component.dart';
 
 class TextBoxConfig {
   final double maxWidth;
diff --git a/lib/components/text_component.dart b/lib/components/text_component.dart
index 4e52ca28b..bd4a41758 100644
--- a/lib/components/text_component.dart
+++ b/lib/components/text_component.dart
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@ import 'dart:ui';
 
 import 'package:flutter/painting.dart';
 
-import 'component.dart';
 import '../text_config.dart';
+import 'position_component.dart';
 
 class TextComponent extends PositionComponent {
   String _text;
diff --git a/lib/effects/combined_effect.dart b/lib/effects/combined_effect.dart
index 74bebf49b..2d3b5422d 100644
--- a/lib/effects/combined_effect.dart
+++ b/lib/effects/combined_effect.dart
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 import 'dart:math';
 
-import 'package:flame/components/component.dart';
 import 'package:meta/meta.dart';
 
 import './effects.dart';
+import '../components/position_component.dart';
 
 class CombinedEffect extends PositionComponentEffect {
   final List<PositionComponentEffect> effects;
diff --git a/lib/effects/effects.dart b/lib/effects/effects.dart
index 658351182..fb8f31f20 100644
--- a/lib/effects/effects.dart
+++ b/lib/effects/effects.dart
@@ -1,13 +1,14 @@
 import 'dart:math';
+
 import 'package:flutter/foundation.dart';
 import 'package:flutter/material.dart';
 
-import '../components/component.dart';
+import '../components/position_component.dart';
 import '../position.dart';
 
 export './move_effect.dart';
-export './scale_effect.dart';
 export './rotate_effect.dart';
+export './scale_effect.dart';
 export './sequence_effect.dart';
 
 abstract class PositionComponentEffect {
diff --git a/lib/effects/sequence_effect.dart b/lib/effects/sequence_effect.dart
index 953ce83ca..9e6cce400 100644
--- a/lib/effects/sequence_effect.dart
+++ b/lib/effects/sequence_effect.dart
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-import 'package:flame/components/component.dart';
 import 'package:meta/meta.dart';
 
 import './effects.dart';
+import '../components/position_component.dart';
 
 class SequenceEffect extends PositionComponentEffect {
   final List<PositionComponentEffect> effects;
diff --git a/lib/game/base_game.dart b/lib/game/base_game.dart
index c8246a7e9..9fb79288a 100644
--- a/lib/game/base_game.dart
+++ b/lib/game/base_game.dart
@@ -1,16 +1,17 @@
 import 'dart:math' as math;
 import 'dart:ui';
 
-import 'package:flame/components/composed_component.dart';
+import 'package:flutter/foundation.dart';
 import 'package:flutter/rendering.dart';
 import 'package:flutter/widgets.dart' hide WidgetBuilder;
-import 'package:flutter/foundation.dart';
 import 'package:ordered_set/comparing.dart';
 import 'package:ordered_set/ordered_set.dart';
 
 import '../components/component.dart';
+import '../components/composed_component.dart';
 import '../components/mixins/has_game_ref.dart';
 import '../components/mixins/tapable.dart';
+import '../components/position_component.dart';
 import '../position.dart';
 import 'game.dart';