Quality assurance game bots for gaming applications

A system comprises:

• a processor;
• a memory configured to store operational instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations that include:
• generating a quality assurance (QA) game bot;
• receiving a gaming application corresponding to a game;
• updating the gaming application based on play of the game by the QA game bot to generate a first updated gaming application corresponding to a first updated game, wherein the QA game bot has a plurality of QA bot control behaviors;
• and wherein the plurality of QA bot control behaviors includes an exploration behavior wherein the QA game bot is integrated into a player input system and explores the game to gather data about how the game works;
• receiving game telemetry data of the first updated gaming application corresponding to actual players of the first updated game;
• updating the QA gaming bot based on the game telemetry data of the first updated gaming application corresponding to actual players to generate an updated QA gaming bot;
• and
• updating the first updated gaming application based on play of the first updated game by the updated QA game bot to generate a second updated gaming application corresponding to a second updated game.