Java – why does it want the method to be static?

I'm building my first game. I rely heavily on various tutorials and guides on the Java website. I have a problem

package Main;

import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.RenderingHints;
import java.awt.event.KeyEvent;
import java.awt.event.KeyListener;
import java.awt.image.BufferedImage;

import javax.swing.JPanel;

import Graphics.Assets;
import Sprites.Player;

@SuppressWarnings("serial")
public class Game extends JPanel
implements Runnable,KeyListener{

//TEST CODE
private int x = 0;
private int y = 0;
private int dY = 1;
private int dX = 1;

public void moveBall() {
    x = x + dX;
    y = y + dY;

    if(x > WIDTH - 28) {
        dX = -1;
    }
    if(y > HEIGHT) {
        dY = -1;
    }
    if(x < 0) {
        dX = 1;
    }
    if(y < 10) {
        dY = 1;
    }
}

//dimensions
public static final int WIDTH = 400;
public static final int HEIGHT = 300;
public static final int SCALE = 2;

//game thread
private Thread thread;
private boolean running;
private int FPS = 60;
private long targetTime = 1000 / FPS;

//image
private BufferedImage image;
private Graphics2D g;

//Constructor
public Game () {
    super();
    setPreferredSize(new Dimension(WIDTH * SCALE,HEIGHT * SCALE));
    setFocusable(true);
    requestFocus();
}

public void addNotify() {
    super.addNotify();
    if(thread == null) {
        thread = new Thread(this);
        addKeyListener(this);
        thread.start();
    }
}

private void init () {
    image = new BufferedImage(WIDTH,HEIGHT,BufferedImage.TYPE_INT_RGB);

    g = (Graphics2D)image.getGraphics();

    running = true;
    Assets.init();
}

public void run() {

    init();

    long start;
    long elapsed;
    long wait;

    //game loop
    while(running){
    start = System.nanoTime();

    update();
    draw(g);
    drawToScreen();

    elapsed = System.nanoTime() - start;

    wait = targetTime - elapsed / 1000000;
    if(wait < 0) wait= 5;

    try {
        Thread.sleep(wait);
    }
    catch(Exception e) {
        e.printStackTrace();
    }
    }
}

private void update() {
    moveBall();
    Player.update();
}
private void draw(Graphics g2d) {
    super.paint(g2d);
    Graphics2D g = (Graphics2D) g2d;
    g.setRenderingHint(RenderingHints.KEY_ANTIALIASING,RenderingHints.VALUE_ANTIALIAS_ON);
    g.drawString("Hello",x,y);
}
private void drawToScreen() {
    Graphics g2 = getGraphics();
    g2.drawImage(image,WIDTH * SCALE,HEIGHT * SCALE,null);
    g2.dispose();
}



public void keyPressed(KeyEvent e){}

public void keyReleased(KeyEvent e){}

public void keyTyped(KeyEvent e){}

}

This is the main code Now it is the player class

package Sprites;

import java.awt.Graphics;
import java.awt.event.KeyEvent;
import java.awt.event.KeyListener;

import Main.Game;
import Graphics.*;


public class Player extends Creature implements KeyListener{

private int dir;

public Player(Game game,float x,float y) {
    super(game,y,Creature.DEFAULT_CREATURE_WIDTH,Creature.DEFAULT_CREATURE_HEIGHT);
    dir = 0;
}

public void update() {
    getinput();
    move();

}

private void getinput() {
    xMove = dir;
}

public void render(Graphics g) {
    g.drawImage(Assets.player,(int) (x),(int) (y),width,height,null);
}

public void keyPressed(KeyEvent e) {

    if(e.getKeyCode()  == KeyEvent.VK_A)
        dir = -1;
    if(e.getKeyCode() == KeyEvent.VK_D)
        dir = 1;
    else dir = 0;
}

public void keyReleased(KeyEvent e) {

    if(e.getKeyCode()  == KeyEvent.VK_A)
        dir = 0;
    if(e.getKeyCode() == KeyEvent.VK_D)
        dir = 0;
}

public void keyTyped(KeyEvent e) {  
}

}

Solution

You called the player's update () method like this –

private void update() {
    moveBall();
    Player.update();
}

You have no object to create player here So the compiler expects the update () method to be static To resolve this issue, you can do any of the following –

1. Make the update() of the player static Or – 2 Before calling the update () method of the player class, create an instance / object of the player as a field / property in the game class

Player aPlayer = new Player(.....);
    .....
    .....
    ..... 
    private void update(){   
       moveBall();
       aPlayer.update();
   }