Dev Gnomes

> "*#C$L&S@*"
> ― Chris
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> "*02402488*"
> ― Jordi
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The **Dev Gnomes** are characters in Everhood. They are self-inserts of the game developers, Chris Nordgren and Jordi Roca. They appear for a short portion of the Gnome and Cat God fights, and they are a secret boss that can be accessed by placing all three gems into the Cat God statue at the Cosmic Hub. Defeating them will activate the "Dev Gnomes" ending.

## Characteristics

### Appearance

The Dev Gnomes consist of only heads, with disembodied hands and feet. They have bright red noses and wear white gloves.

#### Chris

Chris has a purple outline for his body and has orange for his hair. He wears tinted purple sunglasses and purple shoes. He has a smug grin on his face.

#### Jordi

Jordi has a bright blue outline for his body and a darker shade of blue for his hair and eyebrows. He has a single white tooth in his mouth (often mistaken as his tongue/throat), thick eyebrows, and swirly pupils. In contrast to Chris, Jordi smiles with his mouth open.

## Battle

### Gnome

*For more information, see Gnomes#Battle.*
The Dev Gnomes appear during two different sections of the Gnome fight. The first time they appear is after the first appearance of Buddha's large head. They hang from the top edge of the screen and speak in programming language. They then replace Buddha and attack in blue and pink notes. A Ballerina Gnome joins in and attacks with tall red notes. The Dev Gnomes are eventually carried away by Flying Gnomes.

The second time they appear is after the second appearance of Buddha. They attack again, this time with tall blue and pink notes, and rainbow notes. They disappear after being eaten by a massive snake.

### Dev Gnomes

The Dev Gnomes fight is accessible after placing the three gems into the Cat God statue in Cosmic Hub. Completing the fight will unlock the "KILLED THE CREATORS" achievement. Dodging all attacks will unlock the "No Hit Dev Gnomes" achievement.

The Dev Gnomes fight explains the development of Everhood. It shows Chris overdoing himself before fading away. It follows up with Jordi working on the game alone, then Chris returning to help work on it again. During the looped portion of the fight, if the player survives long enough, Chris will periodically stop dancing in order to catch his breath, while Jordi continues to attack. This represents Chris needing to take often breaks during the game's development.

The Dev Gnomes fight and the Frog's Wrath fight are the only two fights that do not have altered projectile charting in "Story Mode" difficulty.

### Cat God

*For more information, see Cat God#Battle.*
The Dev Gnomes makes a brief appearance during a late section of the Cat God fight, along with some Gnomes.

## Ciphered Languages

The Dev Gnomes speak in separate ciphered languages which have not been decoded by the community yet. However, on the official Everhood Twitter and official Everhood YouTube channel, Jordi speaks in reversed binary code.

### In-Game Dialogue

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### Official Dialogue

 Tweet of Jordi's character sheet | `10010110001001100100``11101111011001010010
11001110 01110110 10010110 10000110
00101110 01110110 10101110 11110110
10110110 00000100 01110110 11110110
00000100 00001110 10101110 00000100
11010110 00110110 10000110 11101110
00000100 00100110 01110110 10000110
00000100 11001110 10100110 10110110
10000110 11100110 00000100 11110110
10100110 00100110 10010110 01101110
00000100 10100110 11010110 10000110
10110110 00000100 11110110 00101110
00000100 11001110 10100110 11010110
10010110 00110110 00000100 10100110
00010110 00000100 00110100 10010110
00100110 01001110 11110110 01010010
00000100 11001110 10010110 00000100
11001110 10010110 00010110 00101010`
 A split-second frame in the Everhood Custom Battle Editor video tutorial that shows Jordi's face along with a small snippet of reversed binary | `10000100 00101110 10010110``00000100 10100110 00100110
10000110 10110110 00000100
1001001`

 Teaser tweet for Everhood merchandise sold on The Yetee | `00010010 11000010 01001010 10100010 10110010` [repeated]

## Trivia

* After defeating the Dev Gnomes, the "Created By" section that starts off the credits will change so that R.I.P will appear above the developers' names in their respective colors, purple for Chris and blue for Jordi.