weird yahtzee game

game.py

#nice loop for input
dice_count=input("How many dices do you want to use? Min 1, max 5")

while not dice_count.isnumeric() or int(dice_count) not in range(1,5):
    dice_count=input(f'Sorry, {dice_count} is not a number, please input a number between 1 and 5.')

dice_count = int(dice_count)

#declare an array of soon-to-be values that we will modify as we go
dice_states = ['<empty>']*dice_count

while '<empty>' in dice_states:
    #removes one of the dice to roll
    dice_states.remove('<empty>')
    #generates the roll
    dice_roll = randint(1,6)

    print(f"roll: {dice_roll}")

    if dice_roll == 1:
        #append two empty rolls
        dice_states += ['<empty>']*2
    else:
        dice_states.append(dice_roll)