Featured: Tempest in the Aether

Ryzom Core is very frequently confused with the game Ryzom by pretty much everyone. The reality is that we're trying to make Ryzom Core be a platform for the creation of MMOs. We have one group whom has come to us and diligently worked their way through configuring a shard, creating custom UI elements, generating a new continent from scratch, configuring all of the essential patching services and more. They posted a gameplay video back in May which I hadn't seen. It's not exciting but it demonstrates that you can use Ryzom Core to begin creating your own MMO:

Check out their developers blog. If you're looking to contribute to a project and it's not Ryzom Core I'd suggest contributing to Tempest in the Aether. They're a great group of people with some very talented artists.