Thread: Slick2D/LWJGL - How do you set a background?

Hello, I'm learning some good ol' game development and I came across the need to change the boring black background to a static image. The only problem is that the background overlaps all other images/labels/else and is the only thing visible. Here is my "render" of the class/state called "Menu.java" (Slightly modified to simplify the reading):

 
        @Override
	public void render(GameContainer gameContainer, StateBasedGame stateBasedGame, Graphics g) throws SlickException {		
 
		Image background = new Image("res/MenuBG.png"); //The background
		g.drawImage(background, 0, 0, null); //Rendering the background
 
		g.drawString(VariableNameHere, 360, 10); //A string displayed on the screen
		g.drawString(AnotherVariableHere, 10, 450); //Another one
 
		g.drawRect(500, 150, 75, 225); //A rectangle shape 
 
		g.drawImage(HereIsAnImage, 500, 150); //An image
 
		g.drawString(YetAnotherVariable, 100, 175); //A string
 
		g.drawString(GuessWhatThisIs, 100, 275); //Yet again, a string
 
	}

The only thing visible is the background, everything else is ignored, why is that so!?

When I'm done with learning game development, I will hopefully publish a thread with source code for classic games like Pong, Snake, and Pacman.

you should check out these tutorials
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AXND...0C2267A8922854

he teaches pretty good and its easy to follow...if you do all 12 videos youll know how to put a map and character and move around without going off the screen etc

Ha! I'm actually following his tutorials. I want to add a background behind all other rendered objects though...

Could you express yourself in code? Thanks for replying!