I decided to try continuous user input in the R language - thanks to Shiny it is possible. Here is the result.

To play pong use this commands:

library(shiny)
runGitHub(repo = 'r-cade-games', username = 'JacekPardyak', subdir = 'pong')

In the app, you should see a bouncing ball resembling this:

This App is an Shiny wrapper around tictactoe R package of Kota Mori. To play tictactoe use this commands:

library(shiny)
runGitHub(repo = 'r-cade-games', username = 'JacekPardyak', subdir = 'tictactoe')

On your screen you should see:

tidy version is available here:

library(shiny)
runGitHub(repo = 'r-cade-games', username = 'JacekPardyak', subdir = 'tic-tac-toe-tidy')

This R notebook can help you to understand the animations behind: https://github.com/JacekPardyak/r-cade-games/blob/master/Pong-animation.ipynb

Files wav come from beepr package and workaround from https://stackoverflow.com/questions/62369511/how-to-make-a-shiny-app-beep-play-a-sound-after-a-reactive-event

I can think of improving UX but my goal is achieved.

https://shiny.rstudio.com/

https://github.com/rasmusab/beepr

https://github.com/kota7/tictactoe