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Wow, this took me entirely by surprise, so here you go with some answers:

"Portal Ripoff" - Pedro Tonica

That's quite right. The whole point of this prototype was to explore the mechanics, and not (yet?) to make an original game from it, so yes, many elements were simply ripped from Portal for that purpose.

"Do you have plans for putting a team together to make this into a full game?" - Jordan Neff

I definitely plan on continuing this idea at some point, however, as I am currently only halfway through my studies, time is a bit rare at times. I will for sure keep you posted on any updates via both my website (alphanew.net) and twitter (twitter.com/#!/alphanew). You might also check out zfx.info and spieleprogrammierer.de (both German, though), home to kind communities where I have been collecting lots of feedback on earlier tests in the past.

Thanks to all of you for your kind words, this definitely raises motivation to continue exploring this idea quite a bit.