The issue is line 7:

awesomeLevel = epicLevel;
int epicLevel = (awesomeLevel * 2);

You can't give a variable a value of a variable which hasn't been assigned yet. Some languages allow this, but not Java.

The issue is line 7: awesomeLevel = epicLevel; int epicLevel = (awesomeLevel * 2); You can't give a variable a value of a variable which hasn't been assigned yet. Some languages allow this, but not Java.