Hey,
How would I go about mapping the keys of the keypad to a python3 project and have it work on the gameshell???
what you mean?
the keypad of gameshell is actually regular keyboard keys
you can see the infos here

Not 100% if this can help you out of not but if it doesn’t you could always contact Big Les! I follow him on Twitter and seems like a top guy that would help you out.