Text only can still be jazzed up like with Music background as you mention, so too Image Background.
You might like Steves fancy Ole English font, I think it fits your game. I can't remember if that's in Windows or...
Check out
@SMcNeill's recent (Jan?) Calendar.
Is every newbie going to start a new thread when they modify a couple of lines in their game or other code? LOL
I love seeing how games or code evolves, looking at the start of the thread and looking a couple pages down maybe a year later, usually a beautiful sight and evidence of progress (or not).