# Stage problem - white screen?

**URL:** <https://community.thunkable.com/t/stage-problem-white-screen/1274501>\
**Category:** Canvas / Gaming\
**Tags:** games\
**Created:** [May 10, 2021, 4:26pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/stage-problem-white-screen/1274501 "2021-05-10T16:26:06Z")\
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**Post date:** [May 10, 2021, 4:26pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/stage-problem-white-screen/1274501/1 "2021-05-10T16:26:06Z")

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OK, I’m stumped. I had a game with a canvas, a stage, and a bunch of sprites. Everything looked good. Then suddenly the stage stopped appearing. I tried deleting and reinstalling Thunkable Live.

I added a new canvas. That one shows up fine. I painstakingly copied parameters from the new working one to the old broken one. Still not working. I added a new stage in the broken canvas. Still broken.

A border on the canvas shows up (and is correctly sized), but a background/frame on the stage does not. It’s like the stage isn’t loading??

Any hints or debug suggestions? If I delete the broken canvas, will I lose the sprites?

Updated: When I try to delete the canvas, my browser screen goes blank. ARGH.

OK, further weirdness: It also loads if I preview as responsive webapp.

Thought it was maybe my phone, so I tried on my iPad. Nope.

Made a minimalist project (screen with background, one sprite) - doesn’t appear on ipad or iphone, latest thunkable live.

Anyone else willing to look? [Thunkable](https://x.thunkable.com/copy/0e1fcbb27657ba2e9954c32808349483)

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