{"id":470,"date":"2025-05-29T14:27:54","date_gmt":"2025-05-29T14:27:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ouritsource.com\/blog\/?p=470"},"modified":"2025-05-29T15:23:34","modified_gmt":"2025-05-29T15:23:34","slug":"how-to-add-scores-to-a-game-in-unity-2d","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ouritsource.com\/blog\/how-to-add-scores-to-a-game-in-unity-2d\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Add Scores to a Game in Unity 2D"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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  1. Create a text object by right-clicking in a blank area in the Hierarchy section, then choosing UI > Text, from the pop-up menu.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n
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    <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    2. Create a C# Script (MonoBehaviour) and change name to ScoreScript.cs.<\/strong> This script will be responsible for displaying the new score value. See example below:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    ##############################<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    using UnityEngine;
    using UnityEngine.UI;<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    public class ScoreScript : MonoBehaviour<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    {
    \u00a0 \u00a0 public static int scoreValue = 0;
    \u00a0 \u00a0 Text score;<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    \u00a0 \u00a0 void Start()
    \u00a0 \u00a0 {
    \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 score = GetComponent<Text>();
    \u00a0 \u00a0 }<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    \u00a0 \u00a0 void Update()
    \u00a0 \u00a0 {
    \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 score.text = \u201cScore: \u201d + scoreValue;
    \u00a0 \u00a0 }<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    }<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    ###############################<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    3. Save the script and drag the new script to your ScoreText Game Object as shown below:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    \"\"<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

    4. On another script that is calculating the score, you will need to use the onTrigger() function to provide an updated value for score. In the example script below, if a Game Object such as a \u201ccoin\u201d is touched by the Player, the player\u2019s score increases by 10 points.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    using UnityEngine;
    public class Coins : MonoBehaviour<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    {
    \u00a0 \u00a0 private GameObject player;\u00a0 \u00a0 <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    \u00a0 \u00a0 void Start()
    \u00a0 \u00a0 {
    \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 player = GameObject.FindGameObjectWithTag(\u201cPlayer\u201d);
    \u00a0 \u00a0 }<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    \u00a0 \u00a0 private void OnTriggerEnter2D(Collider2D collision)
    \u00a0 \u00a0 {
    \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 if (collision.tag == \u201cBorder\u201d)
    \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 {
    \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Destroy(this.gameObject);
    \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 }
    \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 else if (collision.tag == \u201cPlayer\u201d)
    \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 {
    \u00a0 \u00a0 \/\/adds 10 points to scoreValue in ScoreScript.cs then destroys the \u201ccoin\u201d from the screen
    \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 ScoreScript.scoreValue += 10;
    \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Destroy(this.gameObject);
    \u00a0 \u00a0 }<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    }<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    }<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    5. In the game example below, the player is the Shark and whenever the Shark eats a Tuna, the player\u2019s score increases by 10 points for each Tuna fish it eats.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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