The Google Skills Arcade November 2025

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Only a few days left before this month’s challenges wrap up — so if you haven’t started (or are midway through), now’s the time to jump in.

Arcade October 2025

This November, Skills Arcade has focused on integration, intelligence, and automation — the three forces shaping cloud innovation today. Whether you’re modernizing APIs, building data-driven systems, or deploying infrastructure at scale, these challenges help you strengthen your skills across the cloud journey.

Level 1: Advanced Cloud Integration and Data Intelligence
Explore how Apigee X streamlines API management so you can design, secure, and publish APIs with ease. Work with Looker, Cloud SQL, and Database Migration Service to uncover insights and migrate workloads smoothly. It’s your starting point for building smarter, better-connected systems.

Level 2: Intelligent Development and Automation
This level brings intelligence and automation together. Create Looker dashboards, build API Gateway integrations, and develop Conversational Agents that deliver smarter interactions. Then deploy applications with Cloud Run and Compute Engine, automate tasks with Pub/Sub, and add real-time intelligence using Speech-to-Text and Google Sheets charts.

Level 3: Scalable Deployments and Delivery
Learn how to deploy with consistency and reliability. Create Artifact Registries, deploy static sites using Nginx, Traefik, and Caddy V2, and use Terraform Essentials to define infrastructure as code. You’ll also secure configurations with Secret Manager and build production-ready, scalable environments.

Don’t miss out — complete November’s challenges while they’re still live, earn points, and get hands-on with the latest Google Cloud tech!

See You In The Cloud!

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I’m wondering why there are only 8 points this month, as I thought it should be 11 or more, just like usual.

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if there is a chance to give us a completion certificate at the end of the arcade program to the legend tire participants that can really he help us……because we are all here to up skill…and that certificate can help us as a recognition @Yugali

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@Yugali
Any specific reason these games deadline is 20th Nov 25 instead of 30th Nov 25.
Monthly special game not uploaded till now for November 2025.
Request you post update on this.

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@Yugali In Google Skills Arcade Base Camp November 2025, I am having an error in Deploying a Hugo website lab, where GitHub is flagging my google lab account. Does anyone else having the same problem? How did you resolve that?

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We would like to inform you that the Google Skills platform will undergo scheduled maintenance from 21st November to 7th December 2025. During this period, some course labs may be temporarily unavailable or experience intermittent issues.

We recommend planning your learning activities accordingly and completing any critical labs before this maintenance window to avoid inconvenience.

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@Yugali i request you to extend till this week so everyone can complete all the Level 1 to 3.

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i was having the exact same prob….. the fix is to use incognito mode log in with ur personal github account.

Also, if u’ve tried the lab before, make sure to go into ur git and delete the ‘my_hugo_site’ repository before you start again….. otherwise the script will fail.

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please note in any lab if there is a reference to GitHub account login, you need to login to your personal GitHub account .
If lab is not completed or repeating lab for learning purpose , ensure you delete lab details in personal GitHub account before starting lab again

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There are no Arcade games after 20th November 2025 in this month. Arcade games are expected to be uploaded in December 2025, but the exact upload date has not been mentioned

Arcade | Google Cloud Skills Boost updated with case studies and quiz.
Case studies refer to the Work Meets Play games of July, August, September, and October. The quiz tests knowledge of these case studies. I have just completed it. It is simple and designed to test your understanding. There are no points awarded

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Hi @Yugali,

Please extend the games as I generally start around 3rd week of every month, and this time this is a terrible experience for all students who started late. Please consider this and resolve this at the earliest.

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@Yugali Will the skills badges be counted in the period from 20 November to 1 December?

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@firastlili
Skill badges acquired from 7th July through December 2025 will be taken into account.

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@Yugali
Please update FAQ on Arcade website regarding credits. Credits along with Arcade Insider mails stopped long time back. Credits are provided only for Facilitator program . This outdated information creating confusion among learners.
Please do the needful.

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Without mentioning about Arcade seasons, Points expire after 6 months. You’ll have at least one opportunity to redeem points, so please use it, don’t lose it!

New learners will be under impression its valid for six months. Fact is Points are valid within Arcade season window only and every new Arcade season starts with Zero points . Present Arcade season validity is from 7th July to December 2025. no FAQ has this information.

Arcade games (Basecamp,L1,L2,L3), monthly special games, Certification zone game, work Meets games information not mentioned in FAQ’s. New learners won’t be knowing when these games are uploaded and their validity period. This is creating more confusion and also wasting valuable time of learners.

FAQ’s and answers are creating more confusion and update with Google Standards . Maintaining FAQ’s up to date will clear most of learners doubts.

November games are planned till 20th November 2025. Qwiklabs and Google knows about this very well in advance. Sending an email to all users by Qwiklabs /Google in first week of November would have removed lot of ambiguity among users and saved valuable time of learners.

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hi,
right now apart from skill badge, i dont see any option increasing Arcade points. We should get a chance to get 3 to 4 more points this month before December starts, since this time the points margin is higher

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But, today it is showing ‘Game Over’, why?

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why arcade games disappeared

why arcade games of november 2025 disappeared?

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November games valid till 20th November 2025 only. please read FAQ’s to understand about arcade games.
You can complete skill badges.

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No games for December?

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@SpyBoy
There has been no communication from either Google or Qwiklabs regarding why the November games ended on 20th November 2025, or when the December games will be uploaded, despite repeated requests.
Simple communication would have saved learners valuable time .

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