title: Can't load a background image using Pygame
body: <p>I just started programming my first game with Pygame and Pycharm. I'm trying to load the background image in the following code, but an error occurs.</p>
  <pre><code>import os
  import pygame
  import pygame.locals
  #objects        (classes, functions)
  
  
  
  #setup          (run-once code)
  worldx = 960
  worldy = 720
  fps = 40
  ani = 4          #animation cycles
  clock = pygame.time.Clock()
  pygame.init()
  world = pygame.display.set_mode([worldx,worldy])
  current_path = os.path.dirname(__file__)
  image_path = os.path.join(current_path, 'images')
  backdrop = pygame.image.load(os.path.join(image_path, 'stage.png'))
  backdropbox = world.get_rect()
  BLUE = (25,25,200)
  BLACK = (23,23,23)
  WHITE = (254,254,254)
  
  #main loop      (game loop)
  </code></pre>
  <p>And this is the error message:</p>
  <pre class="lang-none prettyprint-override"><code>pygame.error: Couldn't open C:/Users/Justus/PycharmProjects/Vulcanoreal_game.py\images\stage.png
  </code></pre>
  <p>Can somebody please help me? And by the way, my English is not the best, sorry ;)</p>