Python basics module - the challenge/solution

Hi - I'm having difficulty in coming up with the solution for the number_guess game. Is there a pattern I can follow that will help with working through each step when tasked with not only this project but all projects moving forward?

When I follow the challenge guidelines:

Make a game that...

• Picks a random number between 1 and 10 and asks the user to guess a number.
• If the guess is wrong, tell the user if the guess is too high or too low, and let the user guess again.
• If it is the right number, congratulate them.

Extra Credit

• Limit the number of guesses
• Tell the user how many guesses that the user has made or both.

...I get stopped up rather quickly.

In the solution video, Kenneth states that imports should generally be at the top (best practice). That part I had no issue with, lol. From there things get murky and I'm not sure how people seem to pull the next steps on the fly.

This is where I wish (maybe there is and I'm not noticing it yet?) there was a pattern to follow something like:

1. import
2. .randint()
3. (in this case - "guesses")
4. loop - while
5. input
6. try <-- I was really thrown by this by the way ...and so on, and so on.

I finished the modules and have the green light for the next module "collections", but I'm hesitant to start it because I don't think I could honestly complete THIS project yet on my own.

Is it ok to move on without a full understanding? I don't want to complete all the modules for the sake of completing it, I really want to be able to someday get to a level where I could, for example, teach my son Python.

Thanks in advance for any help.

P.S. Here's the code for the solution:

import random

rand_num = random.randint(1, 10)
guessed_nums = []
allowed_guesses = 5

while len(guessed_nums) < allowed_guesses:
  guess = input("Guess a number between 1 and 10: ")

  try:
    player_num = int(guess)
  except:
    print("That's not a whole number!")
    break

  if not player_num > 0 or not player_num < 11:
    print("That number isn't between 1 and 10!")
    break

  guessed_nums.append(player_num)

  if player_num == rand_num:
    print("You win! My number was {}.".format(rand_num))
    print("It took you {} tries.".format(len(guessed_nums)))
    break
  else:
    if rand_num > player_num:
      print("Nope! My number is higher than {}. Guess #{}".format(
        player_num, len(guessed_nums)))
    else:
      print("Nope! My number is lower than {}. Guess #{}".format(
          player_num, len(guessed_nums)))
    continue

if not rand_num in guessed_nums:
  print("Sorry! My number was {}.".format(rand_num))

*Sorry, this copied strangely from the workspaces number_guess.py file

[MOD: added ```python code and other formatting. -cf]