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{{work infobox
|title=According to Cain
|image=[[File:According-to-cain.png|thumb|center]]
|author=[[Jim Nelson]]
|released=28-Sep-2022
|authsystem=[[TADS 3]]
|platform=[[TADS]]
|language=English
|license=Freeware
|color=none
|graphics=optional
|sound=optional
|cruelty=Polite
}}

'''Two brothers. One murder. And a mystery as old as mankind.'''

You are a medieval investigator sent back in time to learn the secrets behind mankind's first murder. Using a novel alchemy system, observation, and your wits, you must discover the untold truth about Cain and Abel.

==How It Begins==
The Provost tops off your brandy and invites you to sit.  "The question has bedeviled the Academy's Scholastics since this institution was founded," he says with a weary sigh.  "What is the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curse_and_mark_of_Cain Mark of Cain]?"

==Versions==

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'''Release 1'''
* ''According to Cain'' (Jim Nelson; 28-Sep-2022; TADS).
** Cover Art: ''Crow on Plum Branch in Rain'', Kawanabe Kyōsai, ca. 1880-1889.
** Testers: StJohn Limbo, Mathbrush, Christopher Merriner, Rovarsson, Mike Russo
** Release 1 / Serial Number 220928
** {{babel|ifid=0D708CAF-B8D1-46D4-92E4-5464ED6736FE}}
** Competition:  [[IFComp 2022]] participant
** {{ifarchive|games/competition2022/Games/|According%20to%20Cain.zip}}
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'''Release 5'''
* ''According to Cain'' (Jim Nelson; 27-Oct-2022; TADS).
** Release 5 / Serial Number 221027
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'''Release 6'''
* ''According to Cain'' (Jim Nelson; 23-Sep-2023; TADS).
** Release 6 / Serial Number 230911
** [https://j-nelson.net/if-download/cain.t3 According to Cain (release 6)]
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==Links==
===General Information===
* {{ifdb game|According to Cain|6qp3g7te26h3rb5u}}
* [https://j-nelson.net/according-to-cain According to Cain at j-nelson.net]
* [https://jim-nelson.itch.io/according-to-cain According to Cain at itch.io]

===Spoilers===
* [http://plover.net/~davidw/sol/a/accor22.html Walkthrough] by [[David Welbourn]] (Key & Compass)
* [https://intfiction.org/t/according-to-cain-postmortem/58956 Author commentary]
* {{ClubFloyd|20221201}}.

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