Sounds like Don’t Starve Together

Won’t the bots just adapt and move there too?

At this rate might be faster to read code than a read me. Or convert to a wiki style if this much details are really needed.

I really like using Gokapi for this, like your own file paste bin to throw between PCs or send to people. Upload via link is development as well. https://github.com/Forceu/Gokapi

You can route traffic in different ways, for a high traffic endpoint hook an IP straight into nginx, while regular to via virtual opnSense router, that adds overhead but more flexible routing. Got PVE with virtual networking inside.

I would recommend going with the Docker AIO install, it does a lot of the heavy lifting for you as well as dealing with backups and updates for long term maintenance.