Hi, I'm Saanvie Gupta

Game Maker,
Researcher &
Puzzler

Turning curiosity into creations and ideas into impact. Watch this space.

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About me

I'm Saanvie Gupta, a game developer, researcher and competitive jigsaw puzzler. I build logic games, design puzzle-based learning for rural students, and was the first Indian to reach the World Jigsaw Puzzle Championship semifinals.

14+
Years puzzling
10K
Learners reached
1st
Indian WJPC semifinalist

Dive into my work

01
Founder & Lead Developer

Deception

A 17-level logic-deduction game built in Unity that turns Knights-and-Knaves riddles into interactive gameplay. I designed the gameplay systems and progression, reached 500+ players, and the game was acquired by Vandelay Technologies.

02
Independent Author · Published Research

Online vs Offline Gameplay & Cognition

Published in IJHSS: a study of attention, spatial reasoning and cognitive flexibility across online and offline gameplay. Surveyed 70 chess, football and FIFA players and used ANOVA, t-tests and correlation analysis — finding that strategic gameplay improved attention metrics.

03
Founder & Curriculum Developer

Piece by Piece

A hands-on, jigsaw-puzzle-based computer science curriculum and rural STEM program adopted by Learnovate. Taught Scratch to 1.2K+ students, trained 25+ teachers and reached 10K learners across 3 national NGOs, 4 schools and 48 villages in Delhi-NCR.

Age 2 → 17

My jigsaw puzzling journey

  1. Age 2

    The first piece

    My first time puzzling — starting with small 10-piece puzzles.

  2. Age 4

    100 pieces

    Hit my first 100-piece puzzles.

  3. Age 7

    1,000 pieces

    Finished my first 1,000-piece puzzle.

  4. Age 10

    2,000 pieces

    Finished my first 2,000-piece puzzle.

  5. Age 13

    5,000 pieces

    Finished my first 5,000-piece puzzle.

  6. Age 15

    Training to compete

    Started training seriously for speed-puzzling competitions.

  7. Age 16

    World Jigsaw Puzzle Championship

    Valladolid, Spain · September 2025. Became the first-ever Indian semifinalist at the World Championship.

  8. Age 16

    Canadian Jigsaw Puzzle Championship

    April 2026. Ranked the 70th fastest puzzler in Canada.

  9. Age 17

    In the spotlight

    Featured in 2 national media publications as India's pioneering competitive puzzler.