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Game Development How to Make a Video Game Score, Enemies, and Game State Script the Score Counter

Posted by Christopher Houston
Christopher Houston
4,030 Points

My score is double than what it should be.

My score is doubled. If I collect let's say 18 flies it would show up as 36 and if I collect 9 flies the score would say 18.

1 Answer

Justin Horner
STAFF
Justin Horner
Treehouse Guest Teacher
Justin Horner
Justin Horner
Treehouse Guest Teacher

Hello Christopher,

It sounds like you might have two instances of the same script added to your GameObject instead of just one. This means two instances of your script are executing at runtime and if they're both communicating with a static variable to keep score, they would both add 1 to your score when you collect a fly.

Of course, this is just a guess. If that doesn't seem to be the case, please share the project and I'd be happy to debug the issue with you.

I hope this helps.

Happy Coding :)

Christopher Houston
Christopher Houston
4,030 Points

That is, in fact, the problem but I don't know how to fix it.