Reusable singleton base class for use in Unity

Singleton.cs

using UnityEngine;
using System.Collections;

/// <summary>
/// Singleton manager base class.
/// </summary>
public class Singleton<T> : MonoBehaviour where T : Singleton<T>
{
	static T _instance;
	public static T Instance
	{
		get
		{
			if (_instance == null)
			{
				_instance = GameObject.FindObjectOfType<T>();

				if (_instance == null)
				{
					GameObject newObj = new GameObject("[" + typeof(T).Name + "]");
					_instance = newObj.AddComponent<T>();
				}
			}

			return _instance;
		}
	}
	
	protected virtual void Awake ()
	{
		_instance = (T)this;
	}
	
}

//
// To make a class a singleton that uses this implementation,
// do the following:
/*
public class SingletonExample : Singleton<SingletonExample>
{
	// Awake can be overridden but still do everything
	// done in its base Awake function first like so:
	protected override void Awake ()
	{
		base.Awake();

		// Do your other Awake tasks
	}
}
*/

// Your singleton can now be grabbed from anywhere by accessing:
// SingletonExample.Instance