Portals

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Not to be confused with Portal, nor Portal 2.

Portals is a WIP Esolang made by User:A random guy that is based off of the game Portal.

Things about Portals

The esolang is going to be based off of making Chambers, having portals, propulsion gel, cubes, and basically just making a custom Test Chamber that can be used to do programs in. I will figure out a way to make this esolang work.

Object Types

Symbol	Object Name	Description
| _	Wall	Blocks the players path and makes them collide against it.
B(Num)	Blue Portal (needs number in front of the portal’s direction to know where it connects to)	Enter this to go to the Orange Portal. Conserves Chell’s and other object’s momentum.
O(Num)	Orange Portal (needs number in front of the portal’s direction to know where it connects to)	Enter this to go to the Orange Portal. Conserves Chell’s and other object’s momentum.
@	Propulsion Gel on Ground	When a object is thrown at this, it bounces.
~ S	Propulsion Gel on Wall	When an object is thrown at this, it bounces.
:(Elevation) ‘(Elevation)	Elevation	Simple, just makes a higher elevation floor that Chell can jump to. Can be stacked.
#	Cube	Push and use this cube to place on buttons and activate them
o c	Button	A button that can power something when a cube is on it, (c means that a cube is on it)
P p	Button Pedestal	Just like a button except Chell can press it herself instead of using another object.
^ v < >	Wires for Buttons	Transfers the power from a activated button to whatever source the wire connects to. Can represent multiple wires.
-	Wire separator	Makes it clear what wire travels to what if they intersect
x	High-Energy Pellet	Used to unlock doors, activate unstationary scaffolds, and raise platforms.
&	Pellet Catcher	Catches the pellet and activates the wire it's connected to, just to activate something.
U, u	Unstationary Scaffold	A platform that moves once activated, if it is a lowercase u, then it represents a border.
W, w	Unstationary Scaffold Path	The path a Unstationary Scaffold will follow, W would be forward, w would be backwards.
R(Levels Up) r(Levels Up)	Raising Platform	A platform that when powered, goes from it’s min height (determined by it’s the height of the elevation it’s on) to it’s max height, (determined by it’s Levels Up plus the height of the elevation it’s on) and does the reverse when unpowered. Lowercase r is the border.
L(Levels Down) l(Levels Down)	Lowering Platform	A platform that when powered, goes from it’s max height (determined by it’s Levels Down plus the height of the elevation it’s on) to it’s min height (determined by the height of the elevation it’s on, and does the reverse when unpowered. Lowercase l is the border.
C*	Chell	The player, iscontrolled by a separate panel. (The asterisk tells you what direction Chell is facing.)
E e	Chamber Exit	When Chell enters this, this means that she has successfully completed the Chamber, thus ending the program. Needs power to open. The more connections, the more power it needs. e signifies that it’s open.
D d	Door	Like a chamber exit except it only let’s Chell go to a section of the chamber she’s in, and doesn’t end the program. d signifies that it’s open.
+	Laser Shooter	Shoots out a laser that can be bent.
/ \	Redirection Cube	Chell can change the direction of this cube, to reflect lasers in a preferred direction
= “ ,,	Laser	Can be used to power things.
T	Storage Cube	Can store any amount of values or variables Chell wants.
? !	Output Button	Prints whatever Chell selects to be outputted from the Storage Cube. (! means that a Storage Cube is on it.) Can power things just like a button

About Chell

Chell is the character you control, having actions to move, make portals, and other stuff that she can do to navigate the chamber.

Chell’s Actions

Actions	Description
Face N/S/E/W	Faces North (N), South (S), East (E) or West (W).
Walk Forward N	Moves 1 tile forward wherever Chell is facing N times.
Jump	Makes Chell Jump, she can only jump 1 Layer high and 3 tiles forward at whatever direction she is facing. (1 Tile forward per Action)
Pick Up	Picks up any object in front of her.
Place Down	Places down whatever object Chell’s holding with her Portal Gun.
Make “VariableName” Printable	Self-Explanatory.
Make “VariableName” Unprintable	Self-Explanatory.
Shoot B/O	Shoots a Blue or Orange Portal at the direction Chell is facing at whatever wall is in front of Chell.
Remove Portal	Removes a Portal and it’s counterpart in the direction she’s facing. (Has to be on the same layer.)
Add “VariableName” to Storage Cube with Value “String”/Number/Boolean	Adds a new variable to the Storage Cube.
Edit Storage Cube’s “VariableName” to be “String”/Number/Boolean/Operations	Changes a Variable to something else, can involve Operations.
Get User Input for (Type)	Let’s the user type something as a type.
Edit Storage Cube’s “VariableName” to Input of Line n	Kind of self-explanatory at this point.
Press Button	Presses the Button on a Button Pedestal in front of Chell.
+	Addition or Concatenation.
-	Subtraction.
/	Division.
*	Multiplication.
^	Exponentiation.
log N(n)	N is the base, n is the number in the logarithm. Basically does the logarithm of n base N.
()	Parenthesis.
Randomize “Variablename”	Self-explanatory.
Redo Chamber N times: (Indent, then stuff)	A for loop that repeats whatever is in the indent N times.
Solve Chamber for (Logic): (Indent, then stuff)	A If statement.
If Dies, Solve Chamber for (Logic): (Indent, then stuff)	A Elif statement.
Redo Chamber Until (Logic): (Indent, then stuff)	A While loop.
=	Equals.
<	Less Than.
>	Greater Than.
<=	Less Than or Equal To.
>=	Greater Than or Equal To.
n AND N	Logical AND.
n OR N	Logical OR.
NOT n	Logical NOT.

Programs in Portals

Hello World

Chamber

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Chell

Walk Forward 2
Pick Up
Add “HW” to Storage Cube with Value “Hello World!”
Walk Forward 1
Place Down
Face S
Walk Forward 1
Face W
Walk Forward 1
Face N
Walk Forward 1
Face W
Walk Forward 2

Cat Program

Chamber

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Chell

Walk Forward 2
Pick Up
Get User Input for String
Add “Cat” to Storage Cube with Value “”
Edit Storage Cube’s “Cat” to Input of Line 2
Walk Forward 1
Place Down
Face S
Walk Forward 1
Face W
Walk Forward 1
Face N
Walk Forward 1
Face W
Walk Forward 2

WIP.