I fixed my prior problem yesterday by just separating all the classes into separate files. Nevertheless, I wrote all the code down and seeing no errors was able to compile the program. Or so I thought. Here's the error code: Exception in thread "main" java.lang.StackOverflowError at java.util.AbstractCollection.<init>(Unknown Source) at java.util.AbstractList.<init>(Unknown Source) at java.util.Vector.<init>(Unknown Source) at java.util.Vector.<init>(Unknown Source) at java.util.Vector.<init>(Unknown Source Here are the spots where my I get the errors(marked with problem?) public class GameWorld implements IObservable, IGameWorld { // create collections class public Vector<GameObject> GameObjectList = new Vector<GameObject>(); // PROBLEM private Vector<IObserver> ObserverList = new Vector<IObserver>(); // declare objects Tank pTank = new Tank(10, 10); // other objects and variables to declare public GameWorld() { // add objects to GameObjectList } // accessors/mutators } I get another error here public class Tank extends Movable implements ISteerable { private int armorStrength; private int missileCount; public Tank() {} public Tank(int armStr, int misslCt) // problem? { armorStrength = armStr; // default armorStrength missileCount = misslCt; // default missileCount } public void setDirection(int direction) { this.setDirection(direction); // get input from left turn or right turn // updateValues(); } // access/mutators here I'm stumped on what to do here.