oh yeah I encountered this too. Now I couldn't finished the game...
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I always couldn't get to the end because some walls would disappear like this and I can't interact with other things anymore. I would fall endlessly walking straight through. I've only discovered recently from a gameplay video that there is an ending to this. This is one of the unique and coolest experience to revisit and play once in a while even if I can't reach the end though.