First of all, I'd like to point out; I am unaware if this is intentional and not a bug but I will treat it as one.
From my experimenting and testing in tumbleweed since I bought the alpha a few hours back, i've noticed one thing about mobs that stands out. Not in the sense of how the mob interacts or moves but rather how the mob takes damage. The 2 thorn variant seeds I've found don't do damage to the pink spider. Lasers don't either. It might just be a download error on my end and I might need to redownload the alpha build so if someone could confirm this from their alpha build it would be appreciated.
Now onto the suggestion.
Basically, the suggestion is to give something exclusive to alpha testers;
A dev variant of the game.
Creative or sandbox if you will.
Basically, this variant of it could be not just available to alpha testers although I said that just as another thought you could go on.
You'd be able to remove holes from the map, spawn in spiders, make yourself invincible, edit areas and whatnot.
An example of a fantastic game that did this which helped out during alpha etc. is called Rimworld. Which you can find on steam.
While I do see this potentially being a bit of an effort to develop, it would make it alot easier to
for people like myself who enjoy testing games to their limits or as a side note;
maybe even turning bugs into advantages in competitive games
(Instead of rock paper scissors, call this spock if you will.)
Sorry i'll redo that sentence. It would make it easier for alpha testers to in a sense. Alpha test. It could also make it more fun to!
One thing you should do though if you do consider this is;
Remove being able to spawn in seeds and remove item rooms etc.
from the map in this mode so people can't just use it to ruin the seed suprise for themselves.
On the topic of my suggestion; I respect whatever decision you guys make there even if it's to just ignore it.
On the topic of my bug report; I hope this can be looked into.
Have a nice day.
Sincerely,
The Man, The Myth, The Maker.
MuiltiNormal.