>move north lets test it out

After changing the command to walk since you assume that was the intention... Success! Looks like the compass does visually function properly. And now you can also see a closed door without a handle on it.

Of course. Of course the door has no handle. Why is this the major theme in this place, anyways? Is it some kind of metaphor you don't understand? There was no command to open a door, so you assumed that the doorways would automatically open once you tried to walk towards them. But of course it can't be that easy! It can never be easy! Not here!