Shadows will be a mmo with a very unique spell and crafting system. The IrrLicht graphics engine (http://irrlicht.sourceforge.net) shall be utilized to serve as a cross platform engine. I'm oping to create the feel of a graphical mud more than an mmo.
Dark Beginnings is a MUD server made in C++ using Qt4.3 and MySQL, it is aiming at having a higher number of stock deployment options by use of scripted modules. Anyone is free to join and help out.