Issue with map generation

[Kinderschnitzel23]

Issue with map generation

[SheridanR]

While odd, I don't consider this a bug. The generator is able to create large inaccessible areas by conscious design. Rarely, this may cause only a very small area of the level to be traversable, as you see here. The only important point is whether or not the exit can be reached from the starting room without any digging or levitation. We did reveal a bug in the generator in this way recently, where the exit would fail to spawn if the starting area was hemmed in a little too much. We have since fixed that issue in 3.8.6.

At any rate, given this design, there's no clear point at which to decide a level is "open enough" for exploration. Should the player always be able to explore at least 30%? 50%? 90%? Should we allow only one room to be inaccessible or several? Why do we think differently about areas accessible only by levitation, and those accessible by digging only? There are many regions of the game such as the underworld which explicitly limit traversal without levitation, besides numerous other secret areas throughout the game.

Others on the team are free to disagree with this opinion but as far as I'm concerned, "inaccessible" areas in the generator have always been a feature, not a bug. Even if it means a level will become completely inaccessible without aid. The game is not ruined just because you miss an opportunity to loot and pillage a single dungeon level, on the contrary it makes an interesting way to set back the player's character's leveling progress.

[Kinderschnitzel23]

Thank you for your answer. The generation struck us as odd but if this is intended it is how it is.
Cheers