Follow on our journey as we design and develop apps that people loveTumblr (3.0; @sarfie)http://blog.sarfie.com/<p>Everyone here at Sarfie is getting excited for our upcoming launch to the App Store this year. We’ve been working hard for the past year getting Burble to where it is today. Now before I say anymore, I don’t think I’ve been very fair with showing our game off. So I’ve decided to share some screenshots of what to expect!</p> <p>If you aren’t familiar with Burble, then let me give you a quick rundown of the facts.</p> <ul><li>Virtual pet game</li> <li>Burble is your personal pet that will help plants grow when you take care of him/her</li> <li>You and Burble can plant real plants in real parts of the world</li> </ul><p>Now that you are up to speed, here’s a little sneak peek of our game. Enjoy!</p> <p>Watering your plant<img height="300" width="528" alt="Watering Burble's plant" src="http://sarfie.com/blog/images/burble_rain.png" align="right"/></p> <p>World map view<img height="300" width="528" alt="Uganda garden" src="http://sarfie.com/blog/images/uganda%20garden.png" align="right"/></p> <p>Burble in the garden<img height="300" width="528" alt="Burble in the garden" src="http://sarfie.com/blog/images/garden_burble.png" align="right"/></p> <p>And last but not least, my favorite Burble<img height="300" width="450" alt="Favorite" src="http://sarfie.com/blog/images/favorite_burble.png"/></p> <p>-Fiel</p>http://blog.sarfie.com/post/3628249418http://blog.sarfie.com/post/3628249418Thu, 03 Mar 2011 15:31:00 -0800<p>Please excuse our hiatus. Our team is working diligently on Project Burble. We will try to update you as much as possible in the coming months.</p> <p>-Fiel</p>http://blog.sarfie.com/post/712870315http://blog.sarfie.com/post/712870315Fri, 18 Jun 2010 15:43:00 -0700<p><img height="103" width="260" align="middle" src="http://www.plant-trees.org/images/graphics/logo2.gif"/></p> <p>Sarfie is pleased to announce our partnership with <a title="Trees for the Future" target="_blank" href="http://www.treesftf.org/">Trees for the Future</a>. We will be working with this great organization to promote our environmental sustainability efforts. To give a little background, Trees for the Future is a non-profit organization dedicated to planting trees in communities and villages around the world. Through Trees for the Future, we will be able to design Project Burble to allow users to plant trees in places such as Africa, Asia, Latin America, and even USA. A full list of current locations can be found <a title="here" target="_blank" href="http://plant-trees.org/projects.htm">here</a>. We are very excited to work with Trees for the Future and can’t wait to see how many trees we can plant!</p>http://blog.sarfie.com/post/613555065http://blog.sarfie.com/post/613555065Wed, 19 May 2010 09:51:00 -0700<p>What’s with the grassy background? Project Burble is what’s with the grassy background! But before I get ahead of myself, let me introduce our project. Project Burble is our attempt to contribute to environmental sustainability efforts. With that said, our project has two goals: One, to raise awareness about environmental issues. And, two, to battle deforestation. The mesh of these goals will come in the form of a fun little game for your mobile device; more specifically your iPhone or new Windows 7 Phone.</p> <p>So, “why a game?” might you ask. “Why not a game!?” I might say! Excuse my enthusiasm, but with all seriousness, we chose a game because our team realizes the potential that games bring in the realm of “getting things done.” That notion of “getting things done” is exactly what we need to drive this sustainability effort. Before you know it, we’ll have achieved Project Burble’s goals while having a bucket of fun, more or less.</p> <p>That’s basically the gist of it! Details about our game will be released on our blog in the coming months. We are shooting to make the world a greener place with the release of this exciting application. Stay tuned!</p> <p>-Fiel</p>http://blog.sarfie.com/post/597503345http://blog.sarfie.com/post/597503345Fri, 14 May 2010 00:09:00 -0700<p>Our team has just broke ground with our first design! Complete with a brief storyboard and a generalized transition network. We have been working hard with all the deliverables. Good job team!</p> <p>-Sarah</p>http://blog.sarfie.com/post/597461923http://blog.sarfie.com/post/597461923Thu, 13 May 2010 23:48:00 -0700<p>This is the official blog for Sarfie. Here you will find updates on our first software/game development project.</p> <p>Please check back often and follow us on our journey through our software development process. Feel free to ask questions and/or give feedback.</p>http://blog.sarfie.com/post/597448469http://blog.sarfie.com/post/597448469Thu, 13 May 2010 23:41:00 -0700