HI I'm having a problem with spawning objects

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1

I’ve been playing around with some YouTube videos for object spawning, but I’m having a bit of an issue.
When I run the game, the whole screen gets crowded with the objects, and I have no idea why its happening. Can anyone tell me why this is occurring? Below is the code that i’m using, i have also posted an image of the outcome.

Thanks

   [SerializeField]
    private float xLimit;
    [SerializeField]
    private float[] xPositions;
    [SerializeField]
    private GameObject[] emojiPrefabs;
    [SerializeField]
    private Wave[] wave;


    private float currentTime;
    List<float> remainingPositions = new List<float>();
    private int waveIndex;
    float xPos = 0;
    int rand;
    
    void Start()
    {
        currentTime = 0;
        remainingPositions.AddRange(xPositions);
    }

    void Update()
    {
        SelectWave(); 
    }
    void SpawnEnemy(float xPos) 
    {
        int r = Random.Range(0, 2); 
        Instantiate(emojiPrefabs[r], new Vector3(xPos, transform.position.y, 0), Quaternion.identity);
    }
    void SelectWave() 
    {
        remainingPositions = new List<float>();
        remainingPositions.AddRange(xPositions);

        waveIndex = Random.Range(0, wave.Length);
        currentTime = wave[waveIndex].delayTime;

        if(wave[waveIndex].spawnAmount == 1) 
        {
            xPos = Random.Range(-xLimit, xLimit);
        } else if(wave[waveIndex].spawnAmount > 1) 
        {
            rand = Random.Range(0, remainingPositions.Count);
            xPos = remainingPositions[rand];
            remainingPositions.RemoveAt(rand);
        }

        for (int i = 0; i < wave[waveIndex].spawnAmount-1; i++)
        {
            SpawnEnemy(xPos);
            rand = Random.Range(0, remainingPositions.Count);
            xPos = remainingPositions[rand];
            remainingPositions.RemoveAt(rand);
        }
    }
}
[System.Serializable]
public class Wave 
{
    public float delayTime;
    public float spawnAmount;
}

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2

You seem to be setting a delay time and current time, but not using either in an if statement, nor counting time.

Right now, on each frame you call SelectWave, and it spawns things.