WS2812 LED Connect 4 Game, Please Help!!

I have shown no code because I do not have anything that works properly yet, so i tend to just start new with each day.

i'm very inexperienced with arduino, and code in general as i am an audio technology student who has only been introduced to this aspect of engineering recently, sorry if i am confusing you, the buttons will ideally be up, left, down, right, and confirm (to store LED position, and move onto player 2).

its hard to explain but if anyone could at least point me in the right direction i would greatly appreciate it