title: Overlay game pieces on game tile Java
body: <p>I have a board game (think Monopoly) where multiple game pieces can be located on a single tile. I want to be able to arbitrarily place game pieces on the any given tile. I want the tile to have a background (image or just flat color) and be able to place up to 4 game pieces on the tile in a grid. I am currently using this code but the circles do not display.</p>
  
  <p>tank.png is a 135 x 135 pixel background.</p>
  
  <p>GraphicsTile:</p>
  
  <pre><code>public class GraphicsTile extends JPanel {
      public static final Dimension SIZE = new Dimension(135, 135);
      public static final GridLayout MGR = new GridLayout(4, 4);
  
      public GraphicsTile() {
          super();
          setLayout(MGR);
          initGraphics();
          setSize(SIZE);
  
          add(new CirclePanel());
      }
  
      private void initGraphics() {
          JLabel panel = null;
          try {
              Image image = ImageIO.read(new File("tank.png"));
  
              panel = new JLabel(new ImageIcon(image));
              panel.setSize(SIZE);
  
          } catch (IOException e) {
              e.printStackTrace();
          }
  
          add(panel);
      }
  }
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>CirclePanel:</p>
  
  <pre><code>public class CirclePanel extends JPanel {
      public CirclePanel() {
          setSize(33, 33);
      }
      @Override
      protected void paintComponent(Graphics g) {
          Graphics2D g2d = (Graphics2D)g;
          g2d.setColor(Color.RED);
          Ellipse2D.Float circle = new Ellipse2D.Float(50, 50, 0, 0);
          g2d.draw(circle);
          g2d.fill(circle);
      }
  }
  </code></pre>