Thanks for playing and commenting, and glad you liked it.
When you first pick up the portal machine, he says it has writing on it, and that it only works on "in-ani-mate" objects only. Porter is only 10, so being a big word, he sounds it out. Agree that people have a perception of Portal and people entering them, but that's why I wanted to make it slightly different. It's an origin story, people portals come later :)
Appreciate the feedback though.