Chell spends the following hours, or even days, decoding the graph in her mind, exercising, and eating food provided by the guards, while being observed by a security camera.

While walking away from the officers, Chell realizes that she is in fact surrounded by giant screens that give an illusion of an open world.

In an interview with the Los Angeles Times, Trachtenberg said that the film was produced on a few thousand dollars.

[3] The short premiered July 22, 2011 at San Diego Comic-Con, at the end of a live podcast for The Totally Rad Show.

[8][9][10] Trachtenberg also states that Bad Robot has become interested in him since the release of Portal: No Escape, but had been pitching other ideas along with his other film work; when Bad Robot presented him with the opportunity to direct 10 Cloverfield Lane, he saw similarities between it and Portal: No Escape, particularly on the opening featuring a woman in captivity with no idea how she got there, and was attracted to the project.