Pong: How does the paddle know where the ball will hit?

Question

After implementing Pacman and Snake I\'m implementing the next very very classic game: Pong.

The implementation is really simple, but I just have one little problem rema

Answer 1

I would think you should have the paddle always move from its current position to a specific point, which would be where the ball is expected to align vertically with the paddle. You could then have a 50% chance that the paddle will move to this exact point and deflect the ball, a 25% chance that it will overshoot, perhaps by some X pixels, and 25% chance that it will undershoot. An even better way to do it might be to have it move to that position on a bell curve so that it misses by different amounts each time.