Each team opens three MRs that depend on each other. The goal is to merge all three in the correct order without breaking main . The twist? Another team is secretly adding conflicting changes. Skills practiced: Merge conflicts, semantic commit messages, pipeline on merge results.

GitLab hosts a diverse Games List that showcases the platform's versatility: Game/Project Genre/Type Key Technology Ancient Warfare RTS C++, JavaScript Veloren Lugaru HD Ninja Rabbit Fighting OpenMW RPG Engine (Morrowind support) SuperTuxParty Party Game Godot Engine GitLab for Game Jams DevOps and Game Dev with GitLab CI/CD

Clone GitLab’s sample game template (example), gather your team, and push your first move. Remember: in GitLab Games, every pipeline is a new level.

An S3 bucket (or similar) is created via GitLab-managed Terraform. The bucket contains a flag file. Teams must plan, apply, and destroy resources — but only the first to retrieve the flag wins. Skills practiced: GitLab Terraform state, CI/CD variables, security best practices.