as you may have seen there is no 0.17 version for now. i AM Lazy and not a full modder so i will make one when 0.17 stable releases. i have not played it yet AND you may not realize that since the game is subjected to be changed a few times until stable, i rather not chase those changes continuously. it will release probably by the next 2 months from the looks of it in the worst case and at best in 1 or 2 weeks.
for all i know, all the entities may have no difference and you could just cheat and write v0.17 in the json file and it may just work. this uses the unlicense license so nothing is stopping you, even this is an additional green light! (if you have ideas what you want to use it for, don't be afraid to put it in discussions.)
if you want to ask for features... i REALLY do not know lua or programming. i can mod some one's code but i cannot create some.