Scoring and Journey
Scored down to every task.
Milestones
- Deployment has 3 ready replicas
- Service exposes port 8080
- Health endpoint returns 200
Scorecard
Weighted across 3 skill areas
- Configure 92
- Deploy 74
- Troubleshoot 61
Checked by the lab, never by AI
How scoring works
Event. Track. Milestone. Task.
Every lab is broken into milestones, and every milestone into checks. People see what passed, what is missing and try again.
Checked in the lab
Two checkers. One verdict.
A small agent inside each lab machine checks files, services and settings. Our cloud validators check the cloud and SaaS side. Together they confirm the work is really done.
- In-lab agent for machine-level checks
- Cloud validators for cloud and SaaS resources
- Secrets and IDs masked in what people see
- AI is never part of the score
Lives on the lab machine. Checks files, processes, ports and configuration.
Check what was built in clouds and SaaS apps, from outside the lab.
Low stakes to high stakes
One engine, every kind of test.
Practice Low stakes
Instant feedback after every milestone so people learn as they go.
Guided training Low stakes
Milestones unlock in order, with detailed feedback on what is missing.
Challenges and hackathons Medium stakes
Live leaderboards, team scores and prize eligibility.
Skill validation Higher stakes
Weighted scorecards by skill area and pass or fail results.
Assessments High stakes
Silent scoring with Shadow observation and no hints.
Journey
A lab people actually want to finish.
Every track can become a build quest: levels, XP, stars, badges, ranks and a boss level at the end. It is all for fun and never changes the score.
Your build quest
From empty cluster to production ready
Stand up the cluster
Ship the first service
Scale under load
Fix the outage
XP, stars and badges are for fun. They never change your score.
XP
Points for every level, with bonuses for first tries.
Stars
Up to three stars per level, in halves.
Badges
From Starter to Master for each product or skill.
Ranks
Explorer, Builder, Specialist, Expert, Champion.
FAQ
Questions people ask
What can be checked?
Anything that leaves a trace: files, services, settings, cloud resources and records in SaaS apps. Each milestone can have as many checks as you need.
Can people retry?
Yes. They see which checks passed and which are missing, fix it and check again. You can also turn feedback off for assessments.
Does the game change the score?
No. XP, stars and badges are for motivation only. The score comes from the checks.
Is there a leaderboard?
Yes. Events get a live leaderboard and team scores, and proctors see live scoring in the console.