title: How do I properly set these conditionals in Python?
body: <p>I am VERY new to coding in general so this may come across as a stupid question.</p>
  
  <p>Right now I am experimenting with conditional statements and trying to code a little decision based two-way path in the style of a text game, where the user is given two options and each option has a different outcome. Right now, the "if True" string is ALWAYS executed in the console, regardless of what the user types in. Why is this happening and how can I rewrite it to make the command happen correctly? Also, I thought I followed the instructions for pasting code here but it doesn't look quite right.</p>
  
  <pre><code>input ("Type 'left' if you want to go left and 'right' if you want to go right"
  
  right = True 
  left = False 
  
  right = "right"
  left = "left"
  
  if True:
      print("You have been eaten by a monster. Game Over!") 
  else:
      print("Congratulations you have made it to the castle!")
  else:
      print("Error")```
  </code></pre>