Why can't this script detect a boolean value?

I have a script that makes the player's arms and head look to where the mouse is pointing. It was working fine before, but after I added some stuff to make sure it doesn't happen while the player is opening a door, I got an error that says "doorOpening is not a valid member of player" or something like that, even though it clearly was and I was able to use it in other scripts. Why do I get this error?

local RunService = game:GetService("RunService")
local player = game.Players.LocalPlayer
local bool = Instance.new("BoolValue",player)
bool.Name = "doorOpening"

RunService.Stepped:connect(function()
    local character = player.Character
	local mouse = player:GetMouse()
	local dy = mouse.Y - mouse.ViewSizeY / 2
	local dx = mouse.X - mouse.ViewSizeX / 2
    if character and (mouse.x <= mouse.viewSizeX / 2) then
		if (player.doorOpening == false) then
	        character.Head.Neck.Transform = character.Head.Neck.Transform * CFrame.Angles(math.atan2(dy, dx) + math.rad(180), 0, 0)
			character.LeftUpperArm.LeftShoulder.Transform = character.LeftUpperArm.LeftShoulder.Transform * CFrame.Angles(math.atan2(dy, dx) + math.rad(180), 0, 0)
			character.RightUpperArm.RightShoulder.Transform = character.RightUpperArm.RightShoulder.Transform * CFrame.Angles(math.atan2(dy, dx) + math.rad(180), 0, 0)
		end
	else
		if (player.doorOpening == false) then
			character.Head.Neck.Transform = character.Head.Neck.Transform * CFrame.Angles(-(math.atan2(dy, dx)), 0, 0)
			character.LeftUpperArm.LeftShoulder.Transform = character.LeftUpperArm.LeftShoulder.Transform * CFrame.Angles(-(math.atan2(dy, dx)), 0, 0)
			character.RightUpperArm.RightShoulder.Transform = character.RightUpperArm.RightShoulder.Transform * CFrame.Angles(-(math.atan2(dy, dx)), 0, 0)
		end
	end
end)