Beginner Swift: Keep getting "Unexpectedly found nil while implicitly unwrapping an Optional value" while trying to assign text to a UILabel [duplicate]

I've been wanting to code for a while, and just started using my free time to try to learn so I know very little but am eager to learn! Also first time poster. I'm making a simple dice game app, and I've been horribly stuck trying to unwrap strings and variables. I keep getting the error "Unexpectedly found nil while implicitly unwrapping an Optional value" when trying to assign a user input name to a label on the next view controller.

Let me know if this is too convoluted off an app design, but this is what I'm trying to design: first view controller where 2-4 players enter their names. They hit the next button and it takes them to the next viewController where there are dice, a roll button, and the names they just entered.

I have the UITextField and UILabel for the names correctly connected to IBOutlets. I forced the UITextField to unwrap by making them optional to prevent the app from crashing, but the names are still not updated. Here's my code:

class ViewController: UIViewController, UITextViewDelegate, UITextFieldDelegate { @IBOutlet weak var name1: UITextField! @IBOutlet weak var name2: UITextField! @IBOutlet weak var name3: UITextField! @IBOutlet weak var name4: UITextField! //connects name strings @IBOutlet weak var dice1: UIImageView! @IBOutlet weak var dice2: UIImageView! @IBOutlet weak var dice3: UIImageView! @IBOutlet weak var dice4: UIImageView! //links dice images @IBOutlet weak var name1Label: UILabel! @IBOutlet weak var name3Label: UILabel! @IBOutlet weak var name4Label: UILabel! @IBOutlet weak var name2Label: UILabel! //links name labels on second viewController var diceArray = ["dice1", "dice2", "dice3", "dice4", "dice5", "dice6"] //creates an array to set dice images var randomArray = [0,0,0] var randomDice1 : Int = 0 var randomDice2 : Int = 0 var randomDice3 : Int = 0 //creates variables to hold random number func storeNames () { name1Label?.text = name1.text. THIS IS WHERE I KEEP GETTING FATAL ERRORS name2Label?.text = name2.text name3Label?.text = name3.text name4Label?.text = name4.text //stores the user inputed names into an array } //stores the names from textfield into name strings override func viewDidLoad() { super.viewDidLoad() Thread.sleep(forTimeInterval:0.25) //extends loading screen name1?.placeholder = "Player 1 Name" name2?.placeholder = "Player 2 Name" name3?.placeholder = "Player 3 Name" name4?.placeholder = "Player 4 Name" //Creates placeholder text let tap = UITapGestureRecognizer(target: self.view, action: #selector(UIView.endEditing)) view.addGestureRecognizer(tap) //removes keyboard when you tap outside keyboard } @IBAction func nextButton(_ sender: UIButton) { storeNames() }