Research and Development: Floor Test 1

After logically laying out the problem in my head, my goal was simple:

For any n by m grid of tiles, numbered in a certain way, then can I pass on another objects key frame data and then offset their animation to make then occur at the same time. This would be able to create a wave effect.

first I had to work out the maths behind the situation. I would copy the keyframes from one object- the master animator. the script would paste all of the  necessary keys to all of the objects in the scene with some  neighbouring shift. So the first object would go, the next would move, and then the next. After the first row had finished moving, then the next would go, however this is not the effect that i want.

My first goal was trying to get the shift between rows. Here is my first Test.