Get my enemies to chase nearest "food" object

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1

Hi guys, im working on a game where you’re a predatory fish hunting herbivore fish on a 2D top down plane.

I want my enemies to chase the nearest objects with the tag “food” but the problem is, they don’t. They all simultaneously (wherever they spawn) choose one random food object on the map to chase and ignore all other food objects (even if it is right next to them) until they reach their target…

Here’s my code:

using UnityEngine;
using System.Collections;

public class EnemyScript : MonoBehaviour {

Transform target;
public float speed = 1;

void Start () {
	
	//target = GameObject.FindGameObjectWithTag("Player").transform; //my predator
	target = GameObject.FindGameObjectWithTag("Food").transform; //my prey
}

void Update(){
	
	transform.LookAt (transform.position + new Vector3 (0, 0, 1), transform.position - target.transform.position); //Face target
	//transform.LookAt (transform.position + new Vector3 (0, 0, 1), target.transform.position - transform.position); //Face away from target
	transform.Translate(Vector3.down * speed * Time.deltaTime); //movement forwards
	
	
}

}

Thanks guys any help would really be appreciated.

2

Maybe this will help

#pragma strict

	var distance = 0.00;
    var target : Transform;    
    var lookAtDistance = 15.0;
    var attackRange = 10.0;
    var moveSpeed = 5.0;
    var damping = 6.0;
    private var isItAttacking = false;
    var livesScript : GameObject;
 
    function Update () 
    {
    distance = Vector3.Distance(target.position, transform.position);
 
    if(distance < lookAtDistance)
    {
    isItAttacking = false;
    //renderer.material.color = Color.yellow;
    lookAt ();
    }   
    if(distance > lookAtDistance)
    {
    //renderer.material.color = Color.green; 
    }
    if(distance < attackRange)
    {
    attack ();
    }
    if(isItAttacking)
    {
    //renderer.material.color = Color.red;
    }
}
 
 
function lookAt ()
{
var rotation = Quaternion.LookRotation(target.position - transform.position);
transform.rotation = Quaternion.Slerp(transform.rotation, rotation, Time.deltaTime * damping);
}
 
function attack ()
{
    isItAttacking = true;
    transform.Translate(Vector3.forward * moveSpeed *Time.deltaTime);
}

function OnTriggerEnter (myTrigger : Collider) 
{
	// checks for collision with food
	if(myTrigger.gameObject.name == "food")
	{
	//Destroy(gameObject);
	}
	
}