A story on paper:60

[The Abacus]

Ask snarr if he can read whatever is written on the top part of the door

[The Kakama]

Ask snarr if he can read whatever is written on the top part of the door

60: Snarr, can you read what is on the top part of the door?
Snarr: No. It's written in some foreign language.

[The Abacus]

examine that rectangular thing that looks like some sort of control panel

[The Kakama]

examine that rectangular thing that looks like some sort of control panel

You take a closer look:

[The Abacus]

Press the buttons randomly and hope you get lucky.

OR

Go back to the door that separated the room you're in and the portal door and examine the inscriptions on that door.

[The Kakama]

Press the buttons randomly and hope you get lucky.

Ha, but what if you spend a ridiculously long time doing that? Eight buttons, unknown number of symbols, you could be stuck here long after Snarr has died of natural causes (ok, not that long, but still).

Go back to the door that separated the room you're in and the portal door and examine the inscriptions on that door.

The door that separates this room and another door? What does that mean?

[The Abacus]

Typo. The door that separates the room you're in and the portal ROOM.

[The Kakama]

So you go back to the said door:

[The Abacus]

Such a shame, they don't match...
Moving on

Look around the portal room (i.e. examine all four walls)
Look around the other room (i.e. examine all four walls)
Examine cables
Do stuff
Solve puzzles
Proceed through the plot
etc.

[The Kakama]

Look around the portal room (i.e. examine all four walls)
Look around the other room (i.e. examine all four walls)

You go to the room just outside the portal room and look at the only wall you haven't properly seen:

You go back into the portal room to get a look at the notorious fourth wall:

You go back and check the cables:

They seem really strong, but that's about all you can deduce from them.

Do stuff
Solve puzzles
Proceed through the plot
etc.

Oh, dear, you need to control yourself before your robotic mind crashes...