Lantara
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Year one: jungle, a swamp, a lagoon, and a few stilt houses around the bayYear one: jungle, a swamp, a lagoon, and a few stilt houses around the bay Typhoon Mara: tap each family on the roofs to move them to high groundTyphoon Mara: tap each family on the roofs to move them to high ground A council meeting: Elder Rin, Mira Tolan and Bao Kester argue over the party splitA council meeting: Elder Rin, Mira Tolan and Bao Kester argue over the party split Year sixteen: the first flats and factories rise around the lagoonYear sixteen: the first flats and factories rise around the lagoon The Parting Count: district by district, the island votes on leaving the FederationThe Parting Count: district by district, the island votes on leaving the Federation A crisis: the mainland's water deal ends, and the council has to answer tonightA crisis: the mainland's water deal ends, and the council has to answer tonight The Build list: housing, industry, water and the port, each with its price and build timeThe Build list: housing, industry, water and the port, each with its price and build time Year twenty-eight: towers, berths and ships fill the reclaimed lagoonYear twenty-eight: towers, berths and ships fill the reclaimed lagoon Another year passes: the calendar shows twenty years leftAnother year passes: the calendar shows twenty years left The Residents book: the Ko family's story so far, shaped by your choicesThe Residents book: the Ko family's story so far, shaped by your choices Lantern Night over the city, with fireworks across the lagoonLantern Night over the city, with fireworks across the lagoon Late in the game: a dense island city ringed by docks and shipsLate in the game: a dense island city ringed by docks and ships

Key art and paintings

Key art: Lantern Night over the islandKey art: Lantern Night over the island Download Chapter 1: Self-RuleChapter 1: Self-Rule Download The island on Lantern NightThe island on Lantern Night Download Reclaiming the lagoonReclaiming the lagoon Download The grown city at sunsetThe grown city at sunset Download The grown city at nightThe grown city at night Download

Fact sheet

Title
Lantara: A Republic Rises
Developer and publisher
Soup Dumpling Software LLC, Scottsdale, Arizona
Platforms
iPhone and iPad
Release
November 2026
Genre
City and society builder, strategy
Players
Single player, with a weekly Speed Run leaderboard and achievements in Game Center
Business model
Premium: one price, no ads, no in-app purchases
Length
One game of forty in-game years takes about forty-five minutes
Website
playlantara.com
Studio
soupdumplingsoftware.com

About the game

Lantara: A Republic Rises is an anime-painted city and society builder for iPhone and iPad. You lead a small, broke, newly independent island with no land, no water and no army, and you have forty years to make it a First World nation. Build homes, dams, a metro and a deep-water port on a living isometric map. Hold four communities together through typhoons, riots, oil shocks and elections. Face a council of five ministers who each back a different answer, and watch four families live with every choice you make.

Lantara and everything in it, its nations, peoples, parties and history, is fictional.