order_with_respect_to in admin interface

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We’re all good now, thanks. That helps a lot!

What you’re looking for then is another field in your tasks to identify the sequence number.

example:

class Task(models.Model):
    task_id = models.IntegerField(primary_key=True, editable = False,)
    game = models.ForeignKey(Game, on_delete=models.CASCADE)
    task_order = models.IntegerField()
    title = models.CharField(max_length=255)
    description = models.TextField()
    [...]
    class Meta:
        order_with_respect_to = 'game'
        unique_together = ['game', 'task_order']

In your view, you can set the task_order value to the index number of the task in your list.

Then, you can either set ordering to task_order to make it the default sort, or you use the order_by method on your queries when it’s needed.

For being able to edit this within the admin, you’re either going to need to craft your own solution, or pick a third-party package to help. I don’t believe there’s anything in Django core to facilitate this. There are some packages available - I haven’t used any so I don’t know how well they work or whether or not they fit your requirements.

In general terms, when I’m looking for third party packages, I start with djangopackages.org. For your particular case, I’d look at either Model Ordering or possibly Admin Interface.