#tf hyperfixation + worldbuilding special interest = sprawling self contained original continuity

[thenamesblurrito]

What sources did you use to make the Cybertron worldbuilding?

canon plus my brain!

i suggest going on tfwiki.net or even their blog here @tfwiki to find anything canon or franchise or merchandise or fun fact related because they are legitimately the best and most exhaustive wiki i've ever trawled, with the greatest sense of humor to boot. the first couple foodstuffs i drew came from their articles about the (scant few) canon foods mentioned, the map of Cybertron i made was carefully compiled from every mention of a location that this wiki has recorded, and the sheer size/number/reboots/conflicts of canon sources means i can cherry pick the bits i like and expand from there

beyond that, i've got a special interest in worldbuilding and a hoard of random facts that occasionally find use when puzzle pieced into a story, on top of a couple online friend groups that horribly enable me when i bounce ideas off of them. FOR EXAMPLE did you know the yareta forge cyberflora is based off a real plant??? i just Knew about that plant from a nature documentary probably, and the lil factoid stayed in my brain until dingdingding i can make a random piece of transformers worldbuilding out of this!

if you're looking for advice, i suggest A- getting familiar with canon to see if there's something you can work with already (and there really is, there's a LOT), and B- getting familiar with the world around you, because i guarantee there's stuff you can work with in every facet of real life. just takes some imagination to twist it into worldbuilding. beyond that, look into worldbuilding resources and questionnaires online, a quick google should give you dozens