DVD Adventure Game

[RHK]

I'm looking to create a DVD adventure game. I'm aware of the limitations entailed (ie no sprites, all video prerendered, etc). I've looked on the forum and elsewhere, but am finding that most information isn't relevant to what I'm trying to accomplish, or is just a little too far over my knowledge level.
Now, that said, I'm a software developer with a good background in assembly language programming, so I'm fully capable of accomplishing this. The problem is that I'm just not sure where to start! Can anyone point me in the right direction?
-What tools and software are necessary, and what is recommended? I expect I'll need something with scripting capabilities.
-Where can I get a detailed analysis of DVD menus and overlays?

One more question - I'm assuming the game will play like this:
1. show a menu where the player can select various buttons for certain actions
2. Once selected, show some video, then display another menu with different options.

The question is this - will this have to be a menu? How will the file structure be implemented? Do I need a new file for every menu?

Thanks for all your help!

[setarip_old]

Hi!

You might want to examine some of the interactive games that appear on, for example, the "Ice Age" or "Harry Potter" DVDs...

[RHK]

Thanks! I'll definitely check those out. I had a look at a Dragon's Lair DVD, but it was a little too complex for me to look through.
I'm using VOBEdit and IFOedit to view them. There's a lot of good functionality there, but it's a little staggering for a newbie.

What are you guys using to look at the code? What are the best tools to use?

[Eric69]

You'll need an authoring tool to do the work. Check out DVD Lab.

I think you have the basic flow of the project down. You'll need to do much much research and go through a rather large learning curve but you'll get it. There's way too much to learn to put into a post here. Just remember DVD is an archaic technology and linear based.

Check out this site on the DVD spec:

http://www.dvd-replica.com/DVD/vmcommands.php