Linking Lotus is an application that emulates a lottery game using pictograms. Designed for people with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) in order that they become more familiar with the use of pictograms and standby shifts. As an application designed for two players also seeks to enhance user interaction with other children or adults.

On the first screen the user is given the option to choose one of six available categories: Activities, Animals, Clothing, Food, Actions and Human Body. a category called MIX in which pictograms four of the six categories described above are combined is also included. Using the menu located at the top right you can change the four categories used.

The second screen includes the development of the game as such. In this screen can be identified two distinct sections, one per player. Loaded appear in each section to four pictograms of the selected category, all of the different pictograms each other. In the center of the screen will show each of the eight randomly pictograms.

When the user sees the pictogram corresponds to one of his side simply drag it from the center and put it above the pictogram in question. Once this is done the pictogram will disappear from the panel and a new glyph will be charged to the center. The player who runs out before pictograms.

Once the game the top right menu buttons can be used to start a new game using the same pictograms (although its distribution between the two players will be different) or return back to the category selection screen.

Pictographic symbols used ARASAAC (http://arasaac.org) they are part of a collective work owned by the Government of Aragon and have been created under Creative Commons.