like this?
//program: makes an empty window with a panel. oh, and the panel has a red circle in the center. yay.
import javax.swing.*;  //for JPanel, JFrame
import java.awt.*; // for Color, and Container pane
import java.awt.event.*; //needed for the key movement
import java.awt.Graphics; //idk why, but my IDE needs this whenever i use graphics. BlueJ may not.

public class Example4{
static boolean isMovingLeft = false;
static boolean isMovingRight = false;
static boolean isMovingUp = false;
static boolean isMovingDown = false;
static int x = 0, y = 0;
static Timer t; //for timed events. like every 100 milliseconds do this action
static MagicPanel panel;
public static void main(String[] args){
JFrame frame = new JFrame("Omnimaga."); //makes a new window with the title "Omnimaga." in memory.
Container pane = frame.getContentPane(); //this is what organizes buttons, text boxes, panels, etc.
panel = new MagicPanel(); //you can draw on this! yay!
InputMap i = panel.getInputMap(); //this allows you to define keystrokes the panel should recognize.
ActionMap a = panel.getActionMap(); //this allows you to transfer those keystrokes into actions.
i.put(KeyStroke.getKeyStroke("LEFT"),"move left!"); //maps the pressed key "LEFT" (left arrow key) to the string "move left!"
i.put(KeyStroke.getKeyStroke("RIGHT"),"move right!"); //like above..
i.put(KeyStroke.getKeyStroke("UP"),"move up!");
i.put(KeyStroke.getKeyStroke("DOWN"),"move down!");
i.put(KeyStroke.getKeyStroke("released LEFT"),"stop moving left!"); //maps the released key "LEFT" (left arrow key) to the string "stop moving left!"
i.put(KeyStroke.getKeyStroke("released RIGHT"),"stop moving right!");
i.put(KeyStroke.getKeyStroke("released UP"),"stop moving up!");
i.put(KeyStroke.getKeyStroke("released DOWN"),"stop moving down!");
a.put("move left!",moveLeft); //maps the string in the InputMap "move left!" to the action moveLeft.
a.put("move right!",moveRight);//like above..
a.put("move up!",moveUp);
a.put("move down!",moveDown);
a.put("stop moving left!",stopMovingLeft);
a.put("stop moving right!",stopMovingRight);
a.put("stop moving up!",stopMovingUp);
a.put("stop moving down!",stopMovingDown);
panel.setFocusable(true); //allows the panel to intercept key presses.
pane.add(panel); //add it to the panel!
frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE); //makes it so when you press the red X, the program exits.
frame.setSize(300,400); //300 pixels wide by 400 tall.
frame.setResizable(true); //it's resizable by default, but if you ever want to make it not-resizable, you know how.
frame.setVisible(true); //yay! it's visible!
t = new Timer(1,update); //do action update every 1 millisecond
t.start(); //start the timer
while(true){
panel.repaint();
}
}

static Action update = new AbstractAction(){ //timer's action
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e){
panel.updateCoordinates(x,y);
if(isMovingLeft)
x--;
if(isMovingRight)
x++;
if(isMovingUp)
y--;
if(isMovingDown)
y++;
}
};

static Action moveLeft = new AbstractAction(){
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e){
isMovingLeft = true;
}
};
static Action moveRight = new AbstractAction(){
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e){
isMovingRight = true;
}
};
static Action moveUp = new AbstractAction(){
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e){
isMovingUp = true;
}
};
static Action moveDown = new AbstractAction(){
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e){
isMovingDown = true;
}
};
static Action stopMovingLeft = new AbstractAction(){
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e){
isMovingLeft = false;
}
};
static Action stopMovingRight = new AbstractAction(){
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e){
isMovingRight = false;
}
};
static Action stopMovingUp = new AbstractAction(){
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e){
isMovingUp = false;
}
};
static Action stopMovingDown = new AbstractAction(){
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e){
isMovingDown = false;
}
};

}

class MagicPanel extends JPanel{ //it's like a jpanel... but magic...
private int x,y; //where the circle would be placed

public void updateCoordinates(int xPos, int yPos){
x = xPos;
y = yPos;
}
public void paintComponent(Graphics g){
g.setColor(Color.BLACK); //everything painted is black
g.fillRect(getX() , getY() , getWidth(), getHeight() );
g.setColor(Color.RED); //everything you paint will be red now.
g.drawOval(x,y,200,200);
g.fillOval(x+55,y+50,10,20);
g.fillOval(x+130,y+50,10,20);
g.drawArc(x+50,y+110,100,50,180,180); // smile :D

}

}


 :w00t:moving circle
EDIT: What is the "move left!", "move right!" thingy? is it supposed to display?

@nemo: question: how do i view applet?

oh
Mah Savitch book gives me a example about those but it was always in the applet section.

isn't JPanel and JFrame Applet stuff?

I use BlueJ because I AM in APCS
only shortcut I learned in there was ctrl+k, which was compiling

Imma post some info up here even though I paused the project for few weeks:

-There will be one secret character that you cn get by doing all the quest in entire game before final boss.

-Yeong and his party will save the world against the evil witch Malore.

-The dream that Yeong had at intro screenie is related to some serious event