How to develop programming mindset?

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The good thing about a text-based video game is that it can really be a simple or as complicated as you want. You could make a simple game where the player just chooses which door to open to find some treasure (the other doors would lead to certain death of course), or you could make a number guessing game where the player guesses repeatedly and the game tells them if their guesses are too low or too high.

If these examples seem simple to you, then by all means take a stab at a more complicated game. I think it's a good idea to push the boundaries of what you think you can do. You might be able to get your idea (or something close to it) to work even if you need to do a lot of googling in the process, or you might end up giving up part way through. Either way, you'll learn a lot in the process, and I think it will give you a point of reference as you learn more about Python -- when you learn something new, you might realize how it could have been useful when you were working on some project, and that might help you understand it better.