This game was made originally for a 7-day jam hosted by Nina Freeman. But it just so happened that the first 2 days of that jam was the LÖVE Jam, a jam for my preferred game framework at the time. So I quickly threw together a prototype for LÖVE Jam and then followed it up with a more refined version for Tasting Room.
I made Gale and Lens around the same time. Gale was initially inspired by Lens's "bow and arrow" + "fan" mechanics. When I was making Gale I thought of it as a lesser "parody" of the genius I saw in Lens. But I think in retrospect more people remember and enjoyed the Gale series than have played Lens.