Valve just released a big gameplay update to its biggest esport game and added support for a bot scripting api along the way, allowing players to exchange them through Steam workshop.<p>> Programmers, scripters, and mad scientists rejoice! You can now create your own Dota bots using a brand new scripting API. Upload your bots to the Workshop for others to download and play. Then, enjoy watching as your creations slowly take over the Dota universe.<p>Basically, there's now an API to play the game through bots and make competitions between them. Given the deep gameplay the game has and the available API, this hints of a very promising bot programming scene.