A while back (we're talking years here) a friend showed me a simple geometric game with some pretty basic rules. It was pretty neat and all, and I played it for a bit. Here are the rules:

*There are a certain number of points, each of which are placed randomly across the screen.

*Each point is connected to three other points.

*The game is won (or solved if you consider it a puzzle) when there are no more intersecting lines, not counting intersections at points.




Here's a visual if you are completely lost.



Now, I've been just working on some small stuff atm, this being one of them. Coding the game is no problem, since it's already done. However, I feel that I wouldn't do it justice if I just called it "Untangle the Scribbles" (as great as it sounds). So, if someone could please tolerate my ignorance and put an actual name on this, I would be most appreciative.

Thee's a game called Untangle which is exactly this.
http://www.nonoba.com/chris/untangle

The "original" game is called Planarity:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planarity

It's based on planar graphs (you can read more about it in the wiki article).

-me

Thank you, you are a lifesaver.

Thank you, you are a lifesaver.

Don't thank me, thank google: "untangle game"

-me