It’s daunting to start, but lemmy is a good place to ask for support on this

Yes I’m very comfortable with command line. But yeah, it seems like it’s possible to host a server. I’ll give it a spin soon!

We didn’t really need a VPS for our gaming needs, just opened a couple ports on the router

How’s the multiplayer and hosting experience? I hosted a minecraft server for my friends some time ago and we all had loads of fun. I think they’d also like something new like this