Refactored and reworked mouse based triggers to remove some funky pickup/drop bugs for cleaning items

Assets/Scenes/Main Scene.unity

@@ -297,7 +297,7 @@ GameObject:
   - component: {fileID: 1425971016}
   m_Layer: 0
   m_Name: Background
-  m_TagString: Untagged
+  m_TagString: Background
   m_Icon: {fileID: 0}
   m_NavMeshLayer: 0
   m_StaticEditorFlags: 0

Assets/Scripts/GameScript.cs

@@ -36,10 +36,8 @@ public class GameScript : MonoBehaviour
             Vector2 mousePos2D = new Vector2(mousePos.x, mousePos.y);
             RaycastHit2D hit = Physics2D.Raycast(mousePos2D, Vector2.zero);
                 
-            if (hit.collider != null)
-            {
 
-                if(hit.collider.gameObject.tag == "Restart" && gameOver)
+            if(hit.collider != null && hit.collider.gameObject.tag == "Restart" && gameOver)
             {
 
                 Restart.SetActive(false);
@@ -51,13 +49,13 @@ public class GameScript : MonoBehaviour
 
             }
 
-                if (hit.collider.gameObject.tag == "Item" && !clicked && !gameOver)
+            if (hit.collider != null && hit.collider.gameObject.tag == "Item" && !clicked && !gameOver)
             {
                 pickedUpItem = hit.collider.gameObject;
                 clicked = true;
                 Cursor.visible = false;
 
-                } else if (hit.collider.gameObject.tag == "Item" && clicked) 
+            } else if (hit.collider != null && clicked) 
             {
                 clicked = false;
                 Cursor.visible = true;
@@ -77,8 +75,6 @@ public class GameScript : MonoBehaviour
 
         }
 
-        }
-
 
     }
 

ProjectSettings/TagManager.asset

@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ TagManager:
   - Item
   - Dirt
   - Restart
+  - Background
   layers:
   - Default
   - TransparentFX