I'm trying to make a simple text-adventure game within the terminal (using the arrow keys as input), but the print() functions for the various options aren't kept permanently on screen.
What am I doing wrong here?

cls(0)

--   	left = "80"
--   	up = "82"
--   	right = "79"
--   	down = "81"

print("Press a key:")	
for kp = 79,81 do
   	if key(80) and key(kp) then print("left")
	elseif key(81) and key(kp) then print("center")
	elseif key(79) and key(kp) then print("right")	
	end	
end

Is this in your _draw? It looks like the second any key isn't pressed it'll just clear the screen completely with cls(0)

@crimson2877
Found out that I needed to remove the cls() function and change the key(kp) to keyp(kp) so that there’s no unnecessary duplication of the print() functions

@WidgetOtaku glad u figured it out! excited for a lil text adventure on here