These are two examples of how to make conky interactive.
The demos use python3 and have instructions for how to setup the keybindings for i3wm.
###conkygame is a simple ASCII conky game where you move a character on a 2D grid.
###tictactoe is an implementation of tic-tac-toe in conky.
I hope this will inspire someone to do some really awesome stuff with conky!