I did. It's pretty fun working on your own effects. :)
Actually, if you ever feel like experimenting, there's a VST host you can use. You can find it here: https://github.com/jpcima/ysfx . ysfx behaves like a VST, but once it opens you can just open any JSFX and it should just work. It's still under active development though, so I don't know if there may be issues that still need solving there for specific DAWs.
And likewise! I had to work the week of the compo unfortunately, so I could only really do stuff in the evening hours. That said, it was a ton of fun.