how do you make a while loop change numbers?

To put it simple, you would want to change the value every time the while loop is executed. For example (on mobile, so you should tab it out, as I cannot):

local i = 30
print(i)
while i > 0 do
i = i - 1
print(i)
end

The while loop is a loop that simply checks if the value is true or not. So the while loop will make it print the following:

30 -- This prints out before the loop is executed. If it wasn't then the script would print out the following numbers twice (except 0).
29
28
27
-- Skipping ahead
3
2
1
0

The reason why it goes down to zero is because if "i" is still 1, the loop will continue. This is due to the fact that 1 is more than zero. The reason why it isn't more than or equal to, is because you would then get a -1 output as well.

You could input this code anywhere you'd need to. For example a function can be used and the value of "i" can be changed.