Yeah, it's not bad design to have that pit necessarily, but the controls on wall jump are silly. Specifically the part where you need to hold away from the wall for a few frames before the jump will register, not something intuitive like "press away and jump at the same time".
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Cats land on their feet. Toast lands peanut butter side down. A cat with toast strapped to its back will hover above the ground in a state of quantum indecision