2D game Score based on Time

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Hello everybody,
I have a small problem, because im pretty new to unity.
I have this 2d game where i play as a ball that can roll to the left and right.
Now i want to add a Score that goes up every second.
I already have a Ui canvas and text so on the play screen it says “0”
where do i need to make a script and what goes into the script so my timer works?
thankful for every bit of help.

kind regards

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Google is your friend! In this case “second timer in unity” and typically the code would go in the Update() event

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Update or a coroutine. Update is easier to understand for someone new to Unity, but coroutine might be the better tool. Example using Update below (untested because I just wrote it directly into the forum, so sorry if I made a typo).

public Text ScoreTextComponent;  //Assign this in the inspector
private int score = 0;  //current score as an integer
private float secondTimer = 0f;    //timer for counting to 1 second

void Update()
{
    secondTimer = secondTimer + Time.deltaTime;
    if (secondTimer >= 1f)
    {
        addScore();
        secondTimer = secondTimer - 1f;
    }
}

private void addScore()
{
    score++;
    ScoreTextComponent.text = score.ToString();
}
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Thank you so much ! that worked fine and was easy to understand! Appreciatet !

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