Why won't the count decrease?

Questions & Answers
1

This is my code:

var rotSpeed: float = 90; // degrees per second
var coins : int;

function Awake()//initializes coins when game starts or restarts?
{
coins = 6;
}

function Update()//every frame, rotate
{
  transform.Rotate(0, rotSpeed * Time.deltaTime, 0, Space.World);
}

function OnTriggerEnter(other: Collider)//if you touch the coin
{
   Destroy(gameObject); // coin suicides
   coins --;
   Debug.Log(coins);
}

For some reason, coins is decreased once and then stays at five for the remaining five coins instead of decreasing each time I touch another coin. I don’t understand how UnityScript works, but I’ve been trying at this for HOURS and it won’t work.
What am I doing wrong?

2

Make a script attached to the player instead of the coin as mentioned above.

My suggestion is making a script on the player that looks something like this:

var coinsRemaining : int;
 
function Awake()
{
coinsRemaining = 6;
}
 
function OnTriggerEnter(other: Collider)//if you touch the coin
{
if(other.tag == "Coin"){
Destroy(other.gameObject); // coin suicides
coinsRemaining --;
}
}

Sorry if something in the code is written the wrong way, I’m coding in c# usually.