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Hi, thank you so much for playing!
I actually purposefully placed them since the starting area (until you hit the rock jump) is designed to be a sort of tutorial. The stalagmites/spikes are there to teach you that you can and will be reset if you make a mistake without losing a lot of progress (as well as the fact that you don´t really take no fall damage otherwise). 
BUT I can definitely recognize why that can be an issue for some -- and I will keep that in mind for a better tutorial area in my next platformer ♥