Problem destroy and create from a prefab with a script

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I have this code:

using System.Collections;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using UnityEngine;
using UnityEngine.EventSystems;

public class Ejercicio6 : MonoBehaviour
{
public GameObject prefab;
public float velocity;
public Vector3 direction;
public int bounceCount;

bool IsOutOfScreenX()
{
    Vector3 screenPosition = Camera.main.WorldToScreenPoint(transform.position);
    return screenPosition.x < 0 || screenPosition.x > Screen.width;
}

bool IsOutOfScreenY()
{
    Vector3 screenPosition = Camera.main.WorldToScreenPoint(transform.position);
    return screenPosition.y < 0 || screenPosition.y > Screen.height;
}

// Start is called before the first frame update
void Start()
{
    velocity = Random.Range(7f, 7f);
    direction = new Vector3(Random.Range(-1f, 1f), Random.Range(-1f, 1f), 0f);

}
// Update is called once per frame
void Update()
{ 

    transform.Translate(direction * velocity * Time.deltaTime);

    if (IsOutOfScreenX())
    {
        direction.x *= -1f;
        bounceCount++;

        if (bounceCount >= 10)
        {
            Destroy(gameObject);
            GameObject newCube = Instantiate(prefab, new Vector3(0f, 0f, 0f), Quaternion.identity);
            
        }
    }

    if (IsOutOfScreenY())
    {
        direction.y *= -1f;
        bounceCount++;

        if (bounceCount >= 10)
        {
            Destroy(gameObject);
            GameObject newCube = Instantiate(prefab, new Vector3(0f, 0f, 0f), Quaternion.identity);
            
        }
    }
}

}

I need to make a gameObject to bounce 10 times into the borders from the screen and then to destroy it and create a new object that repeats the same process.

I could manage to make the first object to bounce the 10 times, destroy it and create a new object that makes the same process, but when the third object is created it’s name says Cube(Clone)(Clone).

I think is because I’m using a prefab which has this script, but it is the only way I could make the objects to move.

How can I make the object to do the process, then being destroyed, and create a new one which makes the same process, and repeat this till I stop the program.

2

The cleanest way could be:

rewrite the Start() method as:

void Start()
{
     Setup();
}

add a new variable to the script:
Vector3 startPosition;

add a new setup method:

void Setup()
{
    velocity = Random.Range(7f, 7f);
    direction = new Vector3(Random.Range(-1f, 1f), Random.Range(-1f, 1f), 0f);
    transform.position = startPosition;
    bounceCount = 0;
}

rewrite the “bounceCount >= 10” if to:

if (bounceCount >= 10)
{
     Setup();
}