videogames is one word

this is so stupid. this is SO stupid

it should surprise absolutely nobody that it took approximately three minutes for me to go from using scriptable objects to doing code crimes with them

public abstract class SingletonScriptableObject<T> : ScriptableObject where T : ScriptableObject
    {
        private static T _instance = null;
        public static T Instance
        {
            get
            {
                if (_instance) return _instance;
                
                var instances = Resources.FindObjectsOfTypeAll<T>();
                
                if (instances.Length > 0)
                {
                    _instance = instances[0];
                }
                else
                {
                    Debug.LogError(typeof(T) + "instance not found!");
                }

                if (instances.Length > 1)
                {
                    Debug.LogError("More than one instance of " + typeof(T) + " found!");
                }

                return _instance;
            }
        }
    }

just inherit from this and slam jam the created object in your resources folder