Tengo un código C # existente para un motor RogueLike muy, muy simple. Es deliberadamente ingenuo porque estaba tratando de hacer la cantidad mínima lo más simple posible. Todo lo que hace es mover un símbolo @ alrededor de un mapa codificado usando las teclas de flecha y System.Console:

//define the map
var map = new List<string>{
  "                                        ",
  "                                        ",
  "                                        ",
  "                                        ",
  "    ###############################     ",
  "    #                             #     ",
  "    #         ######              #     ",
  "    #         #    #              #     ",
  "    #### #### #    #              #     ",
  "       # #  # #    #              #     ",
  "       # #  # #    #              #     ",
  "    #### #### ######              #     ",
  "    #              =              #     ",
  "    #              =              #     ",
  "    ###############################     ",
  "                                        ",
  "                                        ",
  "                                        ",
  "                                        ",
  "                                        "
};

//set initial player position on the map
var playerX = 8;
var playerY = 6;

//clear the console
Console.Clear();

//send each row of the map to the Console
map.ForEach( Console.WriteLine );

//create an empty ConsoleKeyInfo for storing the last key pressed
var keyInfo = new ConsoleKeyInfo( );

//keep processing key presses until the player wants to quit
while ( keyInfo.Key != ConsoleKey.Q ) {
  //store the player's current location
  var oldX = playerX;
  var oldY = playerY;

  //change the player's location if they pressed an arrow key
  switch ( keyInfo.Key ) {
    case ConsoleKey.UpArrow:
      playerY--;
      break;
    case ConsoleKey.DownArrow:
      playerY++;
      break;
    case ConsoleKey.LeftArrow:
      playerX--;
      break;
    case ConsoleKey.RightArrow:
      playerX++;
      break;
  }

  //check if the square that the player is trying to move to is empty
  if( map[ playerY ][ playerX ] == ' ' ) {
    //ok it was empty, clear the square they were standing on before
    Console.SetCursorPosition( oldX, oldY );
    Console.Write( ' ' );
    //now draw them at the new square
    Console.SetCursorPosition( playerX, playerY );
    Console.Write( '@' );
  } else {
    //they can't move there, change their location back to the old location
    playerX = oldX;
    playerY = oldY;
  }

  //wait for them to press a key and store it in keyInfo
  keyInfo = Console.ReadKey( true );
}

Estaba jugando con hacerlo en F #, inicialmente estaba tratando de escribirlo usando conceptos funcionales, pero resultó que estaba un poco loco, así que hice un puerto directo, no esDe Verdad un programa F # (aunque se compila y ejecuta) es un programa de procedimiento escrito en sintaxis F #:

open System

//define the map
let map = [ "                                        ";
            "                                        ";
            "                                        ";
            "                                        ";
            "    ###############################     ";
            "    #                             #     ";
            "    #         ######              #     ";
            "    #         #    #              #     ";
            "    #### #### #    #              #     ";
            "       # #  # #    #              #     ";
            "       # #  # #    #              #     ";
            "    #### #### ######              #     ";
            "    #              =              #     ";
            "    #              =              #     ";
            "    ###############################     ";
            "                                        ";
            "                                        ";
            "                                        ";
            "                                        ";
            "                                        " ]

//set initial player position on the map
let mutable playerX = 8
let mutable playerY = 6

//clear the console
Console.Clear()

//send each row of the map to the Console
map |> Seq.iter (printfn "%s")

//create an empty ConsoleKeyInfo for storing the last key pressed
let mutable keyInfo = ConsoleKeyInfo()

//keep processing key presses until the player wants to quit
while not ( keyInfo.Key = ConsoleKey.Q ) do
    //store the player's current location
    let mutable oldX = playerX
    let mutable oldY = playerY

    //change the player's location if they pressed an arrow key
    if keyInfo.Key = ConsoleKey.UpArrow then
        playerY <- playerY - 1
    else if keyInfo.Key = ConsoleKey.DownArrow then
        playerY <- playerY + 1
    else if keyInfo.Key = ConsoleKey.LeftArrow then
        playerX <- playerX - 1
    else if keyInfo.Key = ConsoleKey.RightArrow then
        playerX <- playerX + 1

    //check if the square that the player is trying to move to is empty
    if map.Item( playerY ).Chars( playerX ) = ' ' then
        //ok it was empty, clear the square they were standing on
        Console.SetCursorPosition( oldX, oldY )
        Console.Write( ' ' )
        //now draw them at the new square 
        Console.SetCursorPosition( playerX, playerY )
        Console.Write( '@' )
    else
        //they can't move there, change their location back to the old location
        playerX <- oldX
        playerY <- oldY

    //wait for them to press a key and store it in keyInfo
    keyInfo <- Console.ReadKey( true )

Entonces mi pregunta es, ¿qué necesito aprender para reescribir esto de manera más funcional? ¿Puede darme algunas pistas, una visión general vaga, ese tipo de cosas?

Preferiría un empujón en la dirección correcta en lugar de solo ver un código, pero si esa es la forma más fácil para que me lo expliques, está bien, pero en ese caso, ¿podrías explicar también el "por qué" en lugar del "cómo"? "de eso?