Reverse engineering the Small Airship LED DJ party light (8x8 matrix)

Small Airship Reverse Engineer

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#define data_pin 12
#define latch_pin 13
#define clock_pin 14

void setup()
{
  int shift = 0;
  Serial.begin(9600);
pinMode(data_pin, OUTPUT);
pinMode(latch_pin, OUTPUT);
pinMode(clock_pin, OUTPUT);

  digitalWrite(latch_pin, LOW);
  for (int i=0;i<8;i++){ //clear the display by shifting out 64 ones
  shiftOut(data_pin, clock_pin, LSBFIRST, 255);}
  for (int i=0;i<8;i++){ //display columns
  shiftOut(data_pin, clock_pin, LSBFIRST, 0);
  digitalWrite(latch_pin, HIGH);
  delay(500);
  digitalWrite(latch_pin, LOW);}
  for (int i=0;i<8;i++){ //clear the display by shifting out 64 ones
  shiftOut(data_pin, clock_pin, LSBFIRST, 255);
  digitalWrite(latch_pin, HIGH);
  delay(500);
  digitalWrite(latch_pin, LOW);}
  Serial.println("...");
  Serial.println("display cleared!");
  
  for (int i=0;i<65;i++){ 
  for (int i=0;i<8;i++){ //shift out increasing numbers
  shiftOut(data_pin, clock_pin, LSBFIRST, shift);
  digitalWrite(latch_pin, HIGH);
  delay(100);
  digitalWrite(latch_pin, LOW);}
  Serial.print("Shifting ");
  Serial.println(shift);
  shift++;
  }
  
 // shiftOut(data_pin, clock_pin, LSBFIRST, 0); //shift out the first 0
 // Serial.println("LED number 0");
 // digitalWrite(latch_pin, HIGH);
}
uint8_t LEDnum = 0;
void loop(){
int shift=0;
 if (Serial.available() > 0) { //type anything into the serial monitor to advance to the next LED
       shift =  Serial.read();
 advanceLED(LEDnum, shift);
 LEDnum++;
 }
 if (LEDnum >= 64){
    shiftOut(data_pin, clock_pin, LSBFIRST, 0); //shift out the first 0
    LEDnum = 0;
 }
}
void advanceLED(uint8_t i, int shift){
    digitalWrite(latch_pin, LOW);
    shiftOut(data_pin, clock_pin, LSBFIRST, shift);
    digitalWrite(latch_pin, HIGH);
    Serial.print("LED number ");
    Serial.println(i);
}